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designr said:

HansJob said:

designr said:

crofford said:

jeffzacharias said:

crofford said:

I wish Apple would take home automation seriously. It’s such a half-assed job so far. 

Me and my 70+ HomeKit devices that work perfectly strongly disagree with this statement.

Somehow I don’t think you’re being completely honest there. Or you’re not using it as a real home automation system. As a significant investor for 30 years and somewhat experienced technical person, there’s absolutely no reason for me to be negative on the technology other than it’s actual performance. 

Could you elaborate a bit?

I'm genuinely curious. Again mostly because my (admittedly simpler setup) has worked fine (and improved with the latest software upgrades).

Some people are making broad and absolute statements (e.g., "It’s absolutely pitiful technology.", "It’s such a half-assed job so far.", "HomeKit is expensive and half baked with primitive programming compared to the competition." ) but providing little detail to tell us why they think this.

I stated why it is pitiful technology, reread my comment. 

I did read your full comment. You gave one example of one issue and then made a broad and absolute statement: "it is pitiful technology". Not "it has this bug that frustrates me—a lot—and they need to fix it." No. Instead "it is pitiful technology."

In my case, it’s the most basic technology that could possibly exist. Open, close. Lock, unlock. Query status. It’s faster for me to key in my pass code manually. HomeKit can take upwards of 10 seconds to lock or unlock the deadbolt, if it feels like doing so.

I’m not going to invest hundreds or thousands of dollars on an unreliable platform “cuz Apple”. I dipped my toes in and it’s frustrating as hell. I leave my house and my door is unlocked. Fantastic.

If HomeKit can’t handle a simple operation like a deadbolt, I’m afraid I can’t trust it with anything more complex. I would love to be able to, honestly, but at this point I see it as another half baked product that has been rushed out the door without proper and rapid fixes.  

jeffzacharias said:

crofford said:

I wish Apple would take home automation seriously. It’s such a half-assed job so far. 

Me and my 70+ HomeKit devices that work perfectly strongly disagree with this statement.

I have one Schlage lock in my home. 80% of the time, HomeKit can’t even determine the status of the lock. It’s absolutely pitiful technology. 

If this brain trust is responsible for Siri, ML, AI, etc, why is Siri as just one example, so utterly useless? I’ve seen next to nothing come out of Apple’s possible skunkworks in the last 5 years that I would consider revolutionary or even a considerable improvement. 

designr said:

crofford said:

jeffzacharias said:

crofford said:

I wish Apple would take home automation seriously. It’s such a half-assed job so far. 

Me and my 70+ HomeKit devices that work perfectly strongly disagree with this statement.

Somehow I don’t think you’re being completely honest there. Or you’re not using it as a real home automation system. As a significant investor for 30 years and somewhat experienced technical person, there’s absolutely no reason for me to be negative on the technology other than it’s actual performance. 

Could you elaborate a bit?

I'm genuinely curious. Again mostly because my (admittedly simpler setup) has worked fine (and improved with the latest software upgrades).

Some people are making broad and absolute statements (e.g., "It’s absolutely pitiful technology.", "It’s such a half-assed job so far.", "HomeKit is expensive and half baked with primitive programming compared to the competition." ) but providing little detail to tell us why they think this.

I stated why it is pitiful technology, reread my comment.