[AlexanderDhoore]

This is why I love working in embedded. Our clients would never complain about these kinds of reasonable restrictions. There are tons of limits like this in our machines, which nobody notices but make my life much easier.

I guess things are different in the Linux/PC software world.

[tgv]

It also might explain the S in IoT.

[ilyt]

I'd say not anymore, average microcontroller used in IoT got fat enough, nowadays even smaller chips come with AES acceleration too.

I'm frankly surprised some proper standard didn't pop up already, I guess closing the users in your own ecosystem as fast as possible is priority in the industry.

Good 80-90% of devices could be just "an MQTT connection + a bit of code to pair it up initially and feed server data" + a bunch of templates for how typical services should present themselves (so a light will just work with any compatible "control center"). Then just sell user subscription to your cloudy cloud IFTTT clone or a separate box to put in house that does the same job.