Agreed. We're putting devices that needs to be highly secured, ideally network separated in the hands of normal people. People who either don't know that they should updated their routers, or simply don't care.
At the same time, IoT devices are being sold by companies who think that a 10 years support cycle is "a long time" and who frequently will drop support for devices when new models are released. The same companies often have terrible models for customer support.
I was at a presentation of Microsofts Azure Sphere OS. The presenter proudly proclaimed that they would have 10 year support cycle. Apparently I was the only one in the audience who felt that 10 years is at least 5 years short of what is needed.
10 years is probably longer than most of these iot companies have been around. Most of these devices probably get 1 year updates max before support being dropped.
At the same time, IoT devices are being sold by companies who think that a 10 years support cycle is "a long time" and who frequently will drop support for devices when new models are released. The same companies often have terrible models for customer support.
I was at a presentation of Microsofts Azure Sphere OS. The presenter proudly proclaimed that they would have 10 year support cycle. Apparently I was the only one in the audience who felt that 10 years is at least 5 years short of what is needed.