Hi yes thank you, thats all well and good and thank goodness people like Mariano have done it.
but simple question why should we? They said transition would be seamless.
Except for plugs, light switches……
Not only might we have to re-add all our devices, we then need to make virtual devices to get them working as they used to? Plugs alone I would have 18 to make. There must be people with many more
Is that really progress?
Look at some of the smart apps that are being broken too. Yes some great users are working very hard to make a fix for them but it feels like another step back.
Their new CEO has said
“So, you have a chasm between the early adopters and innovators, who really know how to run a smart home, and the everyday user who has some smart, connected devices but doesn’t have a handle on the full scope of a connected home.
The future growth is really in this user”
So a new user get SmartThings in their new 2022 tv. Thinks great whats that, id like some smart home. Watches some demos, goes on amazon and finds a smart plug or multi switch that is SmartThings compatible.
They pair it. Only one side works.
Will that early user be told on any instructions or will they know to look here to find the solution? NO
Will the average/basic user want the hassle?
Are any manufactures going to want to make multi plugs for SmartThings if they know that edge drivers dont actually let users use them properly?
So does that help that user and does it bridge that gap?
They could get a tuya hub and devices for less and it will work. Or they could move to Apple which will just work
I am between both types of user. I have been able to add code and get many devices to work and i like to find ways to make things work. However I am not a programmer so i have no clue how to build any code and really appreciate the work done on here. But, im a believer that it should be as sinple as plug and play.
If they are trying to break out into the world on a bigger scale by putting smartthings on all their new phones, in their fridges and tvs, then it needs to be simple.
The whole point of smart home is to make it smart.
Having to add another driver and make virtual 2 virtual switches for a device to work as it should is just backwards.