[perfopt]

It is not a stupid idea. Most companies cannot make too much money from designing/selling the hardware. On the other hand there is money to be made from the data collected from these IoTs and selling device management and updates as a service.

ARM is just not the right company to make that happen. They are fantastic at what they do but not software services, big data, etc

[detaro]

If it only has benefits for the maker, it sounds pretty stupid...

[threshold]

Do we really want every household item squirreling information back to the manufacturer about our personal habits? Exactly who stands to benefit from that? Consumers will lose a fortune and shun the technology.

[treyfitty]

Of course no one “wants” that. But let’s rewind 20 years ago and ask: “do we really want our telephones squirreling info back to the manufacturer about our personal habits?” Sounds equally absurd.