> A smart home powered by Mozilla would be open and accessible to everyone - financially, technically, and creatively. No one else can do all of these.
I think it is a mistake for Mozilla to try this. Firstly, someone else can already do that - IoTivity. AllJoyn have recently abandoned their efforts and joined IoTivity too, so it is really the only open IoT protocol in town. That is a good thing - adding another competitor is just going to make people wait (again) until it is clear who is going to win.
Secondly, consumers don't really care that much about openness, and Google and Apple have a huge advantage in this space due to being able to build support into their mobile OSes. It's not just a matter of bundling a default app either - they can do things like access your wifi passwords for provisining. I don't think Apple will do that will with HomeKit, as long as it is iOS-only, but Weave is cross-platform, sort-of-open, fairly complete and seems pretty well designed.
Finally...
> A few small players are beginning to enter this gap, though their proposals are still not complete enough to solve the problems we've identified
Yes that's putting it mildly. AllJoyn never supported out-of-the-home control, and IoTivity is very much a work in progress. But I think Mozilla are hugely underestimating the amount of work involved. And given how much work is involved, why not join forces with IoTivity?
I just looked at the IoTivity website, but it looks awfully "enterprise-y"/"design-by-committee". Are you involved with it and can report otherwise? Any "real-world" examples?
I think it is a mistake for Mozilla to try this. Firstly, someone else can already do that - IoTivity. AllJoyn have recently abandoned their efforts and joined IoTivity too, so it is really the only open IoT protocol in town. That is a good thing - adding another competitor is just going to make people wait (again) until it is clear who is going to win.
Secondly, consumers don't really care that much about openness, and Google and Apple have a huge advantage in this space due to being able to build support into their mobile OSes. It's not just a matter of bundling a default app either - they can do things like access your wifi passwords for provisining. I don't think Apple will do that will with HomeKit, as long as it is iOS-only, but Weave is cross-platform, sort-of-open, fairly complete and seems pretty well designed.
Finally...
> A few small players are beginning to enter this gap, though their proposals are still not complete enough to solve the problems we've identified
Yes that's putting it mildly. AllJoyn never supported out-of-the-home control, and IoTivity is very much a work in progress. But I think Mozilla are hugely underestimating the amount of work involved. And given how much work is involved, why not join forces with IoTivity?