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by xauronx 3111 days ago
Except that you couldn't actually pull this off unless you were a large/powerful company.
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Why not? Create an open standard (or use an existing one) to interface with other devices.

It's harder than a walled garden you control but very feasible.

Heck most software engineers could put together a smart lock and app to do this in a couple of months. Wouldn't be consumer ready by any means but this isn't some huge engineering challenge.

Figuring out how to market the product successfully is the harder part.

> Figuring out how to market the product successfully is the harder part.

And exactly this is what limits it to "a large/powerful company".