hmurchison

Amazing.  I didn't see this one coming.  I was sure the Leviton Load Center would be the first with HomeKit support 

Metriacanthosaurus said:

It really doesn’t make any sense that anyone should have this problem to begin with. If you have wall switches, you have no business using Philips Hue. There are several far more appropriate ways to achieve smart home lighting without nuking a useful wall switch. 

This viewpoint is a tad simplistic.   You have to see the setup video to see the ease and power.   Because it's Zigbee based you are not limited to just one Load.   You can pair up to 10 lights I believe on a single switch and control them all with the rotary knob.   So you could essentially control all the lamps in a room or all the in-celing bulbs. 

It really does solve a couple of issue.  I'll probably grab one for my Patio lights since I still have Toggles.  

Apple's services are weak.   It's the faithful that deal with the shortcoming of Apple Music or iCloud when better options exists.  Apple's Services success is essentially a Mercy F***K from consumers.  None of their services are indispensable.  This is why they have to keep bleating out "Services"..to reinforce the idea that they are important when in fact great products tend to sell themselves. 

Let me not crap on Apple too much however.  The entire Tech industry is in a state confusion about the next big thing.   At first I thought is was just keeping their cards close to their chest but I'm beginning to realize that they really don't know what's next and are trying to build out marginal services and maintain marketshare in a saturate mobile arena until they can figure out what consumers are going to want next. 

StrangeDays said:

hmurchison said:

Metriacanthosaurus said:

Lol. They have completely lost the plot. No one is going to pay for this, unless it comes with content we don’t already know about (as in, iTunes Store movie and tv content). 

Colossal failure incoming.  It’s not too late to can this DOA service. 

You dudes are hilarious. It’s like Apple has never launched products before and you have. lol

That's a strawman argument.   The issue here centers around Apple's core competencies.   They can launch and do launch products effectively but said product success depends on if that product is in a core competency.   Apple has no experience providing original content they have no experience making cars and thus both project will become money pits. 

Hell it's debatable whether Apple developers good software anymore.  I can't point to any software they've done that has been excellent.  I'm bullish on the Apple Ecosystem but common sense must prevail.   They're not going to sustain revenue running a PG-13 streaming service with Disney delivering the whole kit and caboodle for 5.80 per month.  

Metriacanthosaurus said:

Lol. They have completely lost the plot. No one is going to pay for this, unless it comes with content we don’t already know about (as in, iTunes Store movie and tv content). 

Colossal failure incoming.  It’s not too late to can this DOA service.