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0 pointsorev6y ago0 comments

I think OPs point is the “commercial breakthrough” part. Yes, there have been home automation vendors for decades that have tried the lock-in game, but you really cannot say any of them are a huge commercial success outside of niche areas. It’s only now with devices like Alexa that people have really gotten much more into home automation.

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dvtrn6y ago· 2 in thread

but you really cannot say any of them are a huge commercial success outside of niche areas.

But this is the exact point I'm making about Crestron, they are absolutely a massive commercial success in not just home automation but automated facilities and media control period. From home to college campuses to professional sports arenas. They are a massive player in that vertical.

orevOP6y ago

“Commercial success” in this context is home automation. The only people who have a Crestron system at home are wealthy people. That’s a niche market. When they have the same market penetration as Apple or Google do with phones, then I will agree.

dvtrn6y ago

Please pardon me, genuinely for feeling like the goalposts have been moved, on the topic, here.

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