H O L Y C R A P A person asks about an integration with Ring (Hubitat already has an integration with Amazon’s Alexa, which also owns Ring) and the thread is immediately filled with engineers, programmers, and aspiring engineers and programmers who dismiss the users question and proceed to tell …

[image] Any plans to become a ring partner? as the sensation of waning warmth from the last faltering ember of support is slowly replaced with a gentle green screen of death This has to be the most poetic thing I've read on community.hubitat.com .....

Hmmm.... Comparing support for products and services that are widely adopted (purchased) with growing user bases, with active and expanding developer support from the platform creators as well as a multitude of third party developers..... To A mobile platform that was publicly dropped by its crea…

My personal experience with technology mobs predates this platform and all of the factors you listed. I was not implying that the fine folks here actually add support for my preferred phone. I get it, it's a discontinued platform. As for sarcasm, it can be hard to convey when typing in a forum, …

My last line was sarcastic. You’re right. We may never find a way to convey that brilliance in this format..... but we can sure as he// try.

[image] Any plans to become a ring partner? NOWHERE does Hubitat say that cloud services are banned or tabu I don't see anywhere in this thread as to where the above sentence is anywhere Implied? Most are merely stating the obvious as Hubitat has very limited resources available. And there a…

[image] Any plans to become a ring partner? My personal experience with technology mobs predates this platform and all of the factors you listed. I was not implying that the fine folks here actually add support for my preferred phone. I get it, it's a discontinued platform. I feel ya. I miss m…

I understand limited resources. I also understand business and marketing. If Hubitat’s objective is to not only survive, but to also flourish and become a leader in their space, they need a good product that is open, accessible, and compatible as possible. For the widest adoption of a platform (S…

It is also important to realize that not all companies (e.g. Logitech, Nest, etc...) are very open to having tons of companies as partners. Logitech has stopped accepting requests for integration. And Google/Nest stopped accepting new "Works with Nest" integrations over a year ago as well. I beli…

[image] Any plans to become a ring partner? If Hubitat’s objective is to not only survive, but to also flourish and become a leader in their space, I always find it unbelievable that there are people who don't have a successful rapidly expanding platform, who offer unsolicited advice to a succ…

Not hubris. Logic “rapidly expanding platform...” That’s GREAT! Keys to remaining “rapidly expanding” include Adding features that users are asking for Responding to questions that are repeatedly asked by users in its User Community that’s is promoted and leaned on (for support and communicati…

Debate about Hubitat's Approach to Ring

Lounge Debate Chamber

codahq December 24, 2019, 6:15am 29

Community integration above for now.