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Oh yay, more regulation. Unless its to say that all devices are required to have a documented local-first and local-only API to control the device I don't really care. Oh, and the ability to disable any kind of cloud connection whatsoever.

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From the post: "The smart home is still broken, and surprisingly, interoperability isn’t the issue. The problem is, when it comes to connected devices, consumers are buying hardware that behaves like software. And unlike hardware, which fails in fairly predictable and established ways, software breaks in opaque and surprising ways. It’s hard to classify this disconnect. It can feel like you don’t really own your connected devices or you can’t rely on them. And if we want things to get better for consumers, we need both manufacturers and regulators to step up. "

Oh yay, more regulation. Unless its to say that all devices are required to have a documented local-first and local-only API to control the device I don't really care. Oh, and the ability to disable any kind of cloud connection whatsoever. Archive: https://archive.today/SsWfM From the post: "The smart home is still broken, and surprisingly, interoperability isn’t the issue. The problem is, when it comes to connected devices, consumers are buying hardware that behaves like software. And unlike hardware, which fails in fairly predictable and established ways, software breaks in opaque and surprising ways. It’s hard to classify this disconnect. It can feel like you don’t really own your connected devices or you can’t rely on them. And if we want things to get better for consumers, we need both manufacturers and regulators to step up. "

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OBDII was actually a good example of where this was done right. The government mandated a set of rules that everyone needed to follow. It ended the car companies attempt to squeeze out independent repair and lock down their tech. i.e. The way the farm industry now has. It wasn't until EULAs and software that they car companies have been able to wrestle some of this control back.

We need hardware ownership rules, it can't be OK to move the bar after a purchase.

That being said I roll all my own tech to avoid this shit. Home automation is an ESP8266 and a relay/sensor.