Smart Locks

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Evans: Smart locks are sustaining innovation where legacy hardware beats software
“The hardware part mattered much more than the software part, and it's a classic case of what Clay Christensen called sustaining innovation, which is you get absorbed into these in the existing industry.”
Benedict Evans Aug 15, 2022 ▶ 16:12 Lighting and tech diffusion
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Kasireddy: Smart light switches are not a transformational IoT use case
“Other than locks and potentially ovens I don't see turning on a light being that transformational.”
Preethi Kasireddy Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:42 a16z Podcast | The Technology is Ready, So Where is the Internet of Things?
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Scott Weiss: Smart locks are the top IoT application for five years
“If I were to handicap, like, what I would like to see in the next five years on Internet of Things, I think locks would be my number one.”
Scott Weiss Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:50 a16z Podcast | Gateway Gadgets to the Internet of Things

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