Sure, but that’s a different target market than the one that SmartThings ads are aimed at. It’s not about what you can do, it’s about what you want to spend your time doing.
Previously discussed:
I have several friends who are interested in SmartThings because they have echo and want to expand those capabilities. These are technically savvy people, what I call “second adopters.” They already use IFTTT. They don’t mind some set up, but they have busy lives and they don’t want to tinker or go to the forums to figure out how to do something. They are expecting echo-type simplicity and they’re obviously not getting it.
None of them are going to the “marketplace” tab because they assume that that’s where they would find add-ons for purchase. It doesn’t make sense to them that you go to the marketplace to set up a device you already own.
None of them can figure out the lighting wizard. It’s OK as they set up the very first rule, but then they don’t understand what to do if they want …
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