> for folks like my family members, it'd be a killer addition
HomeKit networking existed in Eero briefly. I put that in a lot of casual Apple homes. Seemed like missed oppty for Apple to let Amazon buy Eero, a more "spiritual successor" to the Airports.
Ubiquiti was founded by some Apple employees after they closed their Airport division.
I sincerely doubt they want to go through the trouble of collaborating with a company that was too greedy to keep investing in their network hardware.
Ubiquiti is decently priced, especially for niche hardware, unlike Apple. Fundamentally they diverge on the way to do things...
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't use that feature (I prefer self-hosting it all myself), but for folks like my family members, it'd be a killer addition to the lineup that makes my life supporting them much easier.