Pretty sure each of the companies selling smart home systems like this want to become the dominant go to system, so focusing on earning profits doesn’t make much sense. You want to lure customers into your ecosystem and for your solution to become so dominant you become a monopoly, or at least so you don’t fall behind and let someone else become ubiquitous. I view it as amazon building infrastructure and supporting future endeavors.
Oi, just a heads up as you don’t seem to use it in a negative way, but
slur
tranny
is considered a slur these days. Calling someone trans or transgendered is preferred.