What I’m trying to teach myself to do whenever I think “this is ridiculous overcomplexity” is to imagine whose life it might make simpler.
Let’s assume I have some sort of motor disability: it could be anything from Parkinsons to quadraplegia. Having a bridge out to a common controller that maybe works on speech or some other standardised input method that works for your disability is a massive benefit. And avoids having to deal with the complexities of each individual products’ inability to meet your own accessibility needs in different ways.
So much smart home stuff is basically pointless to those of us fortunate enough to have currently able bodies, and a lifesaver to the rest.
Let’s assume I have some sort of motor disability: it could be anything from Parkinsons to quadraplegia. Having a bridge out to a common controller that maybe works on speech or some other standardised input method that works for your disability is a massive benefit. And avoids having to deal with the complexities of each individual products’ inability to meet your own accessibility needs in different ways.
So much smart home stuff is basically pointless to those of us fortunate enough to have currently able bodies, and a lifesaver to the rest.