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>>linker+(OP)
When colleagues, friends, and students say they are getting into IoT it's becoming hard for me to feign interest or excitement when this is what that industry is moving towards.

>>noober+y8
There are plenty of smart home devices that supports reasonably open protocols. This includes Hue devices (Zigbee)

The problem tends to be that all of them want to sucker you into using their apps or bridges to tie it all together.

It's entirely avoidable, but most users don't know what to look for.