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This comes off as the famous (apocryphal) patent quote from around 1900. "Everything that can be invented has been invented" I think a lot of people (myself included) think there are lots of potential benefits to a smart house. I don't think we're there yet. Most of what exists now isn't very user friendly, and most don't have easy setups so the things that are out now are unlikely to have huge hockey stick growth. H…
It's not that there are no benefits, but there's not a driving need that these products you describe solve that makes up for the additional cost and complexity that implementing them provides. What's the value proposition? If it's "just cool", then there probably isn't one. 1) There are real benefits with Nest since it can reduce energy consumption. Also, Nest isn't really a whole lot more expensive than other thermo…
1. Nest is a lot more expensive
2. Not worried about the security. If someone wants in its just not that hard. Locks can be picked, doors can be broken down. Adding hackers to the list isn't meaningfully different.
3. I'm not talking about opening it for me, I'm talking about opening it for other people like they showed in the apple watch keynote.
4. All the things on this list can be done, and obviously they cost more money. For the most part, these are luxury things. Whether they are "worth" it depends on how much money you have to spend. As someone else noted, it might sound expensive, but 275k vs 276k isn't a big deal. 575k vs 580k is even less important.
5.see #4
There are clearly lots of tech products that have nothing to do with reducing cost. They exist only to delight users. With more work in this area the complexity will come down as people make better products.