I self-host quite a few """cloud""" services, but my smart home stuff (nothing too fancy, a Lutron hub and some Matter plugs) all runs on Apple gear (Homepods, Apple TV) and I honestly have no concerns that they're going to make any of it worse or stop supporting it within a time horizon that I could reasonably complain about. My 4 year old iPhone is still getting feature updates, and I have friends with what must be nearly decade-old Apple TVs at this point still just chugging along, streaming videos, not shoving ads in their faces.
Maybe by the time it all ages out there will be good self-hosted replacement options, but until then Apple is the only big tech company I'd consider buying integrated devices from. The rest, as the article notes, are fucking awful.
Maybe by the time it all ages out there will be good self-hosted replacement options, but until then Apple is the only big tech company I'd consider buying integrated devices from. The rest, as the article notes, are fucking awful.