[jagged-chisel]

And it's not going to happen any time soon because there's no recurring revenue to be gained from users/homeowners for such a thing.

[trout_scout]

There's potential case for a subscription model to keep security updated for the connection to the users' phones as well as on going support for less tech savvy users (e.g. "I told my assistant to turn on my smart dishwasher and it turned on the my smart washing machine instead"). I'd imagine the HN crowd would lean toward a open source version though.

[anoopengineer]

With that logic, there wouldn't be anyone selling refrigerators or dishwashers.

[idle_zealot]

If dishwashers were invented today they would be rented out to homes and businesses with DRM to lock you into buying approved detergent and tableware. Times change, and more exploitative arrangements are normalized. This ratchet is primed to go in one direction, and only moves the other way in fits and starts borne of great effort.

[re-thc]

A lot of the leaders of that century have been going downhill, ever since, e.g. top Japanese manufacturers.

[ar_lan]

I wouldn't be surprised if there was some plan to generate a subscription model for appliances.

[qsera]

I take it that you have never come across the idea of "planned obsolescence"..

[aegis_camera]

:)

[psyclobe]

Well, custom/bespoke training for your families particular needs perhaps, performed once every 5 years.

I mean I envision analog/custom/bespoke ai hardware that is fundamentally 'good enough'. I mean as the market increases its need for these systems and as time progresses at some point it'll like warhammer 30k where these 'standard template constructs' are smart enough to basically teach you anything.