Why You Need ‘Matter,’ the New Open Standard for Smart Home Devices

Seems like a good idea. We already have many standards applied to electricity without seeming to create problems. It would be much easier to update and improve, then having to stay up to date with the predictable revisions, updates, improvements, that eventually probably require new hardware . . . looking at the current model of "variety" and how it works.

LTC Eugene Chu
..."What is Matter?
No one company services all of your smart-home needs. My lightbulbs are from Philips, my plugs are from Meross, my watering system is from Hunter, and my air conditioners are from Midea. In some cases, these products require you to purchase a separate hub from them, which acts as the controller, and almost all have an app you need to download as well. They use a few different connectivity standards like Zigbee, Z-wave, Ha-low and others, and no one standard dominates the market share."...

This sounds a hell of a lot like a tech version of a land grab. They are arguing for the benefits of having a Monopoly - without even having to fight and win one. They want us idiots to just freely give it to them.

I will admit I have just a tiny bit of Luddite in me. But this just seems like a bad idea.