I guess I understand why GTMs can’t be easily modifiable, but I still can’t buy into a platform with vendor lock-in.
After searching around this forum, I found this post which highlighted my biggest concern: non-interoperability.
If it turns out that goTenna is just one in 10 companies trying to build the exact same thing (a crowdfunded mesh networking radio targeted at hikers, with a flashy website displaying accolades from various tech or outdoors blogs, and support for offline maps and group chats, but absolutely no interoperability), then I don’t see why I should buy into one platform.
To be honest, I’m kind of broken. Revolutionary mesh networks continuously come and go, and every year, Battle of the Mesh holds another event.
In the three years since I discovered PhillyMesh, I feel like nothing has changed.
We still have at least five startups developing the same walled-garden ad-hoc network. We still have at least five different GitHub projects that inevitably get abandoned.
I’m sorry if this turned into a rant. I’m just tired of getting attached to this ideal and never seeing any progress. All I want is for someone to prove everything I just said wrong. I just want get excited about the prospect of mesh networking once again.