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Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Buyers Beware...

"Your friendly reminder that without open standards, you're not "buying" smarthome hardware, you're renting it."

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/04/05/1157210/alphabets-nest-to-deliberately-brick-revolv-hubs


Posted by Eugene at 12:11:00 am

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