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There are some rare use cases, but I think it would have a negative impact on my own life. 1. I'd question the security, is there going to be an exploit where someone can intercept signals to the door, and then use them to open or close it on their own when I'm away? 2. What happens if I arrive home, and my network is down? Or what if their cloud servers are not responding? What if I open the door for a delivery guy like the other poster mentioned, then the network fails, and I can't close it? I'm at work, and my package and home is now open. 3. In one of their use cases they mention setting up a schedule, so it opens when your kids get home. Same as the above, if the network isn't responding, your kids are locked outside. This means they need a key to open the door as backup, so what was the purpose of the automatic schedule in the first place? What happens if they're running late from school, my house is open when no one is home again? 4. What happens if I have something below the open door (although not in line with the sensor), and it decides to close itself because of a schedule, or someone else in my family triggering it online? For example, the trunk of my car goes up fairly high. If the door closes while the trunk is open, the braces hanging down could potentially hit it. So if I'm unloading my groceries, and my spouse is at work thinking the door shouldn't be open, we have one scratched car. 5. It's another piece of technology to micromanage. I don't want to start worrying about the schedule of my garage door. I enjoy the simple life. Anyway, this is too much thought for what it is, but you get the idea. |