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Originally Posted by jhowell
In the short term both the cost and benefits to me of Sidewalk are pretty much non-existent. Over time it could help me and my neighbors locate lost items or pets and make my home automation (lights, etc.) more reliable.
As a gadget geek the new technology interests me and being part of that gives me a good feeling. Amazon has developer kits available to those who want to come up with new applications for Sidewalk. I suspect that the existence of a low power, low bandwidth, neighborhood networks will enable the creation of new use cases that I can't imagine.
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I don't see any reason to accept a supposed service that Amazon doesn't seem able to justify as a consumer benefit. Finding lost items (which would require buying a bunch of those Tile doohickeys) and better home automation are rather nebulous. I'm willing to admit that I lack the imagination to know what might be future possible consumer benefits with Sidewalk, but I'll wait to know what they are before enabling it.