Why Apple will finally deliver the smart home to the world

By SteveJack
For more than a decade, the “smart home” has been an unmitigated disaster – a fragmented, frustrating hobbyist’s maze that only a sadomasochist could love.
Five different apps. Three separate clouds. A cheap plastic smart speaker that works right up until your internet hiccups. And, worst of all, always-listening, always-watching spy cameras piping feeds from your living room straight into the server farms of advertising companies whose entire business model