LollerCorleone@kbin.social to News and discussions about technology@kbin.social · 10 months agoHow bad business broke the smart homewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: homeautomation@selfhosted.forum
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkHow bad business broke the smart homewww.theverge.comLollerCorleone@kbin.social to News and discussions about technology@kbin.social · 10 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: homeautomation@selfhosted.forum
Business arrangements and opaque contracts have broken the pitch of the smart home. Better regulation can fix this problem.
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoSame is true for cars. Switches and levers last decades. Those media center things are going to regularly fail in a far shorter time frame.
Same is true for cars. Switches and levers last decades. Those media center things are going to regularly fail in a far shorter time frame.