You're comparing the output of a small business with a multinational behemoth that has the advantages in procurement and manufacturing due to volume. What's the point of making that comparison and effectively negging someone's work?

People buy products based on the value proposition of those products, not because they are hippies that want to support independent technology makers.

I don't understand why factual statement and reality checks get modded down; this is just plain denial.

What an odd reply. Where possible, I will try and support independent technology makers, often even if that means it's a slightly worse/different product.

Just because you're cynical and jaded, doesn't mean that everyone else is. You're not giving a factual reality check, you're just being an ass

For me (i built something similar) the main advantages where:

- I control my own data - It is e-ink, not glaring into my face - Screen is way bigger - Screen is hanging on the wall, I do not have to look down - Less energy consumption of course

and most importantly:

- Google home displays are not actually helpful at all in this respect (we have one in the kitchen too) as they do not show calendar info well at all. For a family of 4 you need to be able to look at the entire week or more to plan events quickly

PS: I use a 10000mAh battery in the frame, so no cables A typical use-case is glancing at the calendar during a phone call for example

I agree with everything you're saying, but I do want to note that you can put just about anything you want on Google's displays by casting.

HomeAssistant has built-in support to cast lovelace dashboards onto them, and it works surprisingly well. Even has touchscreen support, which I didn't know was possible with casting.

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/cast/#home-assist...

Control your own data is certainly a big selling point, but seems this one seems to rely on a closed source saas model.

But those 3 google home smart displays are ugly, use watts of power and are spying on you.