HomeKit was supposed to be great, then Apl got involved and that's that. See HealthKit for another example.
AllJoyn router is a running service in 10 part of AllSeen Alliance, one day it'll be used. Then home IOT will be better than simple hue light on offs..the curve gets navigated.
For home IOT to take off, it needs to be seamless like Star Trek pervasive/hidden , it'll get there but won't be an apl solution as that not in their wheelhouse. Wait for standardization like AllSeen and a winner in less than $400 tech
What you have with Apl Homekit is the equivalent of the original laserdisc Car GPS systems, expensive and pretty useless until Google Maps came along...like that
There will be early adopters who try, its cute. I hear them on apl podcasts, so exciting to turn on a light . wooH! Requires $800 slab and expensive add-ons but that light turned on 85% of the time. Trudge forward.