Remind HN: One Day Left to Reserve Lockitron for $149

I really don't understand why this is a thing.. Lockitron seems like yet another product that builds on the current fad of "do everything with your phone" without regard to actually being innovative and useful. Aside from narrow use-cases, this seems like it'd be more of a hassle than using a regular key.

Want to remotely unlock your property for somebody staying the weekend? That's what a property manager is for. Why would you want to deal with that? Want the convenience of "keyless entry" coming home from the grocery store, or whatever? "Just.. let me.. okay, I unlocked my phone. Now let me load the app. Oops, my WiFi isn't turned on, so let me just do that. Ah, alright.. and now it's finally unlocked." Or what if your wifi/internet goes down?

Unless I'm missing something, this is genuinely a lame product. Can anyone explain why this is actually something more than a clumsy me-too gizmo?

I honestly don't get the drive to reserve one of these early. The way I see it, you won't get it for a year and they're making 15K of these. What's the harm in waiting until they launch? Assuming it all works out, they'll have all the production lines tooled up and ready to go, so you can get one much faster a year from now (and with much better understanding of how they work in practice). If it doesn't work out, then what are you missing out on?

I signed up to receive a reminder email but I never got one. Are you guys sure it is working?

"Get off my lawn! What's the pont of that?" 90% of the comments on HN anymore.

How is this post not spam?