Matter 1.4 has some solid ideas for the future home—now let’s see the support - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

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[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago

Ugh, I was working on a DIY smart lock. "I'll use Matter!" I naively thought.

Ok you need a border router for Thread support. No problem, I'll buy one. Should be cheap right since an ESP32 can handle it. Nope! You pretty much can't buy a standalone border router. All the articles are "don't worry, you might have one already if you have a Nest Hub or a Home Hub or...". Well I don't have one.

Pretty lame. I guarantee if they make a vendor neutral border router dongle you can just plug into your router's ethernet port and sell it at cost price (like £5) they'll see triple the uptake.

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 2 points 2 weeks ago

There's a few cheap dongles about, but they're £20 rather than £5

[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Even that's ok. I couldn't find anything at all when I looked about a year ago. Only one model that the Thread people were still recommending despite it being discontinued.

I had another look and still couldn't find anything vendor neutral and cheap. Can you post some links?