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by blahblarblar 1518 days ago
Central anything + smart home = miserable experience. If my router is having a sketchy connection I should never be blocked from turning my lights on, or have one random light in a scene fail to turn on. Someone needs to take the plunge and make the smart home a resilient mesh network that will work even in a zombie apocalypse.
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Yet as long as mobile is THE channel consumer live with, there is no other real option but go with cloud. Last example is use your phone to unlock Tesla's car door, remember? lol