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Apple’s Home Services Guy Is Gone and I Hope He Was Pushed Out Because HomeKit Annoys Me

An Internet of Things that sometimes work

My currently uninstalled IoT devices— photo by author

See that pile of HomeKit switches? Those are all things I once was using but now am not. The reasons vary; some were on lights that we took away, some were on lights we seldom turn on and only do so when standing right there, which makes a smart switch rather superfluous. One was just too far away from my router, which should have been resolved with mesh routers, but I tried that with two different products and neither worked well with my steel infused walls.

I do have places to use some of those again, but I have not yet redeployed them. Why? Because it’s not as easy as it should be and that’s to Apple’s shame.

And because I’m lazy. Probably more the latter, honestly.

I don’t necessarily blame Homekit issues on the person now exiting. He might have been aware of HomeKit disappointments but been thwarted by Apple bureaucracy and left in frustration. I would hope Apple would take a clue from that.

On the other hand, he may have never bothered to use any HomeKit devices at all and remained blissfully unaware of deficiencies. In that case, I hope he was fired and that Apple intends to…