Re: Why?
Two reasons I can think for all these IoT devices. First, it's a fad and manufacturers are afraid that if they don't include the latest and greatest, they won't be able to move their wares even if they implement it in much the same way as slapping a different color paint on it all. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if we some day soon have IoT paint.
Second, the idea that all this stuff can provide a real, automated household is an interesting and compelling dream. The problem is that there is no way to hold it all together without building it yourself. Most people want to get in their cars, turn the key and go. What they don't want to do is have to build it from scraps and spend all their time maintaining it. We haven't got a Henry Ford of IoT yet. We don't even have a Karl Benz.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
