The smart home graveyard.
Products that worked, until they didn’t. Not because they broke, but because a company decided they should stop.
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Revolv
[PLACEHOLDER: launch year] to 2016
- What happened
- A smart home hub, bought by a larger company in 2014. In 2016 the new owner switched off the service behind it.
- What owners lost
- The hub stopped working entirely. Everything it controlled lost its automations.
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Wink
2014 to [PLACEHOLDER: still running?]
- What happened
- In 2020, owners were told that the free service behind their hub would need a monthly subscription, with about a week’s notice.
- What owners lost
- Owners who did not pay were told they would lose app control and automations they had already paid for.
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Insteon
[PLACEHOLDER: launch year] to 2022
- What happened
- In 2022 the company shut down its servers with almost no warning. A group of its own customers later bought it and brought the service back.
- What owners lost
- The app, remote control and cloud features stopped overnight. Owners were left to rebuild their homes or wait.
Built so it can never end up here.
Croesa runs locally, on open standards, with admin access in your name. If we vanished tomorrow, your home wouldn’t notice.
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