I think it's a smart move and reasonable compromise, similar to Microsofts WHQL program.
But I used a different analogy on purpose. You bought a Hue Bridge - presumably, with at least one Hue bulb (do they even sell Bridges separately?). So you know it works. Then you buy a noname cheap bulb, plug it in, and it - the cheap bulb - doesn't work. The Bridge still works, the Hue bulb also works, it's just the new, different one that doesn't. I find it hard to believe there are many people who can't connect the dots.
It doesn't surprise me at all. The key to remember is that people are not rational creatures. They work off of emotions and then apply logic to try to rationalize their emotions.
lol, bro ... have you worked with humans like, ever?
Usually $20 for the Philips vs $15 for the GE Link at 800 vs 750 Lumen :)
I only have the colored Hue lights and the white GE Link so far. I might buy a Lux just to see how it works.
It took especially long since I had rewritten most of System.IO to support 32K paths in .NET so I assumed that I had subtly fucked something up, it was only when the SQL Server started crashing that I even considered drivers.