Over the past two weeks I've been throwing words at the internet about how I think certain IoT systems should be implemented. Specifically,
Municipal (Government) and
Enterprise (Business). But really, all of that blah-blah-blah is just an introduction to this post: the Consumer (Home) side of it all. After all, I'm not a government official nor am I employed in any way by a business. However, I do own a home and I do consume.
The not-so-old adage that 'If you're not paying, you're the product' is what got me thinking about all of this in the first place. Whether that saying is a complaint, a compliment or just a bunch of extruded male bovine waste is up for some
debate. However, is a decade that has seen the rise of Software-as-a-Service and attempts to add subscription models to everything (thanks
Obama Amazon), it is worth taking a some time to analyze how it might apply to the SmartHome space.
