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Den Automation raised millions to 'reinvent' the light switch. Now it's lights out for startup

hoola Silver badge

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This is what is just insane about all the IoT and other automation/remote control. Ultimately it costs more that it ever saves. It is another piece of tat to go wrong, be hacked or stop working because of updates. Overall if you take all the end-to-end emissions in the manufacturing of the components and then all the IT infrastructure to run I would be very surprised there is a net reduction.

There is no way that one of these things is going to last the 20+ years that a good old fashioned mechanical switch will.

The only benefit is for the geek knob-jockeys or plain gullible to show off that they can control the light/heating/microwave or whatever from the sodding phone.

The only winners are the people selling this tat in the first place.

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