Frustrated that your smart home isn't working as it should?

Sometimes, despite your best efforts, your plans just don't come together. This article on Android Police highlights the main reasons behind why we started Tokamak. Through the article the author provides some great insight into capitalism's battle between consumers and companies.

On one hand we have companies, and we're talking about the biggest and most successful in history, wanting to lock people into their own ecosystem, maximise the ability to gather data and sell advertisements.

On the other, we have consumers that want to pick the products that most suit their needs and want these products to all work well together. We, as consumers, expect that products and solutions get better and more feature rich with time. But time and time again, in the smart devices market, we see the opposite.

The article summarises it as:

• Tech giants like Amazon and Google are wresting control away from consumers with each software update.

• The degradation of features and user experience in smart devices have left consumers feeling cheated.

• Moving towards local control and investing in professional solutions may be key in navigating the smart home industry.

Tokamak was started, because there is a gap between people's expectations and what can realistically be achieved with off-the-shelf products which are under the control of big business. We provide a solution, that is used by over 200,000 users globally, that keeps your data in your hands, and that only shares information with third parties where we (you) choose. We curate an ecosystem of devices and favour providers that share this ethos. And with this, we are able to make sure an investment in a Tokamak Smart Home is definitely well worth it.

Email us at info@tokamak.com.au to discuss the challenges you've been having.

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