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IKEA moves to Thread (and away from Zigbee) (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Dishonest question, your following comments show you clearly know the common points of these discussions.

There's no arguing that using WiFi for this purpose is an obstacle to widespread adoption and a security risk, no matter how well you yourself are handling it.

There's also the technical advantage of those IoT networks being meshed by design, whereas expanding a WiFi network with mesh functionality often carries challenges.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I may know some answers, but I don't have a full picture, and I wish to complete my understanding by learning others' perspectives and what they find most important about this choice of protocols. Thank you for sharing yours.