| Oh man, your comment is so off narrative. This is their sidewalk, you just live there: Q: What is Amazon Sidewalk? A: Amazon Sidewalk is a shared network that helps devices work better. Operated by Amazon at no charge to customers… Didn’t you read it? They’re operating it, not you and your bespoke investment in quality networking. And they’re generously offering it back to you, so don’t look the gift horse in the mouth to see if there are Trojans hiding in there. … In the future, Sidewalk will support a range of experiences from using Sidewalk-enabled devices…“ See, no Trojans in this horse yet. --- // In all seriousness though… - I’m not alarmed by the content of the release itself, but curious about implications and plans. - I’m happy we do not see (yet) “eero” listed in the devices. - I’m curious though, as eero supports Thread, whether they’ll lean into an embrace/extend there, or aim to supplant. Presumably it’s not managed Thread rebranded, as AWS has sometimes done with open projects. “So, Thread has all of these benefits without the drawbacks. It’s basically a plug-and-play mesh network, separate from your home Wi-Fi. It has excellent range, response time, but with low power usage and really the more devices you add, the better.” https://www.threadgroup.org/ Tom’s Guide says “similar to Zigbee, Z-Wave, and Thread”: https://www.tomsguide.com/reference/what-is-amazon-sidewalk - And I’m curious about the Echo/Alexa propensity to want to “discover” everything in your home and tell them about it — will this relay that discovery through every home within EM range in the block. They did already partner with Tile, suggesting one of several practical reasons Tile may not be choosing to embrace the Find My tech. |