Comment on 2023 in the smart home: Matter’s broken promises
sramder@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching Matter flop and flounder this year :-)
Literally no advantages, plus you’ve got Google on security so you know your privacy is getting invaded because it’s their damn business model.
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 1 year ago
Is there anything actually to this or just tinfoil-hat rambling?
pup_atlas@pawb.social 1 year ago
Is it really tin foil at this point? Their core business model is hoovering up data to serve advertisements.
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 1 year ago
I mean, a good chunk of caution is warranted, but this matter of fact (heh) statement without any supporting evidence isn’t really helpful either. Particularly because this isn’t just Google, but all major players in the smart home area: Apple, Amazon, Google, Samsung and the Zigbee Alliance. I heavily doubt that any of the other players would freely give Google any sort of access.
Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, technically nothing implements the pairing mechanism entirely right now so yeah, at least the pairing still phones home. I believe homeassistant requires you to use google home to pair the device to it (though that may change, the extension is still in beta)
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 1 year ago
Interesting. As far as I can see you can pair Matter devices either through the HA app itself, Apple Home or Google Home, so I don’t think it’s required. I’ll keep that in mind though before I get my first Matter device.
Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Last time I checked the HA app uses the system tool that uses Google Home behind the scenes. Apple Home is probably the only other implementation of the pairing tool.