Late to the party as usual... I've been away traveling in Europe for awhile.
Loved reading the responses on this poll and I'm still laughing about the punch-card plugin.
Strangely enough my 3 choices when I voted turned out to be the three most popular and I'm glad I'm in the mainstream.
My better half (my wife) is actually pretty handy with technology and has become more of the "Mac" person than I am since she runs a large constellation of Macs for the Doctors up at the University research facility where she works; she got me looking at "Home Kit" because she took the time to watch the most recent Apple Event (9/7/2016) where Apple apparently demonstrated they will be milking their cash cows for yet another year... and she asked me straight out, why aren't we using HomeKit?? So, I hemmed and hawed and came up with the fact that Indigo actually brings together many technologies for the Mac which would otherwise require multiple apps... and that our system is well over 250-devices. In my view, homeKit is only good for a few dozen devices max (in it's current state)... and it would require us to use Insteon software not Indigo.
So, she asks "what's wrong with that?"
Ummmm... because insteon software is not supposed to be as flexible I said.... not really knowing if it is or it isn't. (Truth is, I haven't used insteon's software... yet... but my technologically adept spouse wants me to look at it... she thinks HomeKit and Apple are super cool and keeno... for some reason I dunno why.)
Any tips? Believe me, I'm an electrical engineer and I know a ton about what I know a ton about... but when I kick the bucket, she will do just fine without me and may become the 2nd Indigo female customer; this could start a wave. 53% of the population is female you do know that right?
So, I'm still going to do my 'due' diligence and research why Indigo can't use HomeKit... but just wanted to add my 2 cents, albeit late.