A lot of companies have invested a lot into matter and thread. I’d be surprised if companies started requiring a call home to work. It doesn’t make sense to need that, since a thread network is, in a sense, offline by nature. Only the hub has access to the internet and it doesn’t require access to work, so having a device require a call home wouldn’t really make sense.
I get that enshittification is a real thing but I’d be surprised if it affected smart home devices in the way you are describing.
I get that enshittification is a real thing but I’d be surprised if it affected smart home devices in the way you are describing.