On February 3, 2021 at 11:57, highfigh said...
How would you define 'consumer based'?
Anything a consumer can purchase, program, and use without a pro. So Ring, Caseta, Harmony, Sonos, etc.
There will come a time where somebody will come out with a whole home automation system that will include hand held remote controls. If they took Harmony's database, they would have an instant leg up. What's the latest, Alexa Hunches? It's only a matter of time where home automation is only consumer based. We will all be forced to use "Homekit" because everyone is using it (using for an example). Doesn't mean our jobs go away. It just means how we do business shifts.