[ethbr1]

Two observations:

- Traditional mechanical switches, locks, etc have a lot of 9's of reliability.

- Any smart tech including in my house needs to decrease my cognitive load.

That means while it can have setup (even extensive!), after that it better be able to work with less thought, reliably, including when the internet is unavailable.

Which generally means simple smart devices with open interfaces.

What most smart manufacturers actually seem to want to sell: their proprietary platform, running shit firmware, requiring buggy outsourced apps, and an always-on data connection into my home, that despite that will never receive updates for known bugs. Fuck that tradeoff.

(And I get why. Profit margins suck in that space, and customers/builders are extremely price conscious)

[lobsterthief]

This is why I love the Lutron line of smart house stuff. Everything is more expensive, but you set it up and it just works as expected every single time.

Also, it uses a local hub so I don’t have 30 black box devices connecting directly to the Internet through my network.