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by culturestate 3048 days ago
What if there were a world where your light switches are smart and don’t need firmware updates? The state of mass-market IoT right now is a bit of a shitshow, I’ll grant you, but that doesn’t mean it will always be the case.

People once groused about the complexity of fuel injection, too.

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Internet-connected devices never needing firmware updates strikes me as only possible in a world where computer security is a solved problem.
I was thinking about a HomeKit-style solution where only the bridge connects to the internet and everything else is local comms only.
Well, that doesn't seem like a good way to collect ad dollars and social media presence!