It doesn’t have to be n² if one unit has to control the others. If a single unit requires base load + 10% per unit you could be in trouble at 7-8 units. That’s more than sufficient for most sales.
If anything maybe they should have a special power wall for large installations, with a beefier CPU and sturdier components.
It’s not uncommon in tech and even to an extent automotive for the premium model to stay one hardware revision ahead of the consumer unit and after a few recalls iron out the reliability problems, after the R&D is paid off on whales, bring it down market and introduce something new at the high end.
That’s both technologically sound and plays on baser behaviors of the well to do (namely, classism). If normal people have the same thing I have then it’s time to sell it so I can feel special again.
If anything maybe they should have a special power wall for large installations, with a beefier CPU and sturdier components.
It’s not uncommon in tech and even to an extent automotive for the premium model to stay one hardware revision ahead of the consumer unit and after a few recalls iron out the reliability problems, after the R&D is paid off on whales, bring it down market and introduce something new at the high end.
That’s both technologically sound and plays on baser behaviors of the well to do (namely, classism). If normal people have the same thing I have then it’s time to sell it so I can feel special again.