AWS Greengrass - my (un)favorite IoT service.

AWS IoT Greengrass is an open-source Internet of Things (IoT) edge runtime and cloud service for IoT applications.

It is my (un)favorite IoT service.

Pros:
Runs on edge devices.
Communicates with local devices.
Exports telemetry data to AWS Cloud.
Provides remote software upgrade capabilities.
Collects and analyzes data where it is generated.

Cons:
The initial setup is challenging.
Adds maintenance overhead.
Easily breakable.
Hard to debug.
Complex.

What do you think?
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