Well, technically nothing implements the pairing mechanism entirely right now so yeah, at least the pairing still phones home. I believe homeassistant requires you to use google home to pair the device to it (though that may change, the extension is still in beta)
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching Matter flop and flounder this year :-)
Literally no advantages, plus you’ve got Google on security so you know your privacy is getting invaded because it’s their damn business model.
Is there anything actually to this or just tinfoil-hat rambling?
Is it really tin foil at this point? Their core business model is hoovering up data to serve advertisements.
Well, technically nothing implements the pairing mechanism entirely right now so yeah, at least the pairing still phones home. I believe homeassistant requires you to use google home to pair the device to it (though that may change, the extension is still in beta)