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Pure developer APIs, IDE copilots, and adtech are out."},{"title":"It has to have a public name, a URL, and a price a family can quote","body":"Stealth products without a site are out. Hardware is in if the software is the family product (Skylight, Echo Show)."},{"title":"Category is the job, not the model","body":"A product can sit in two lanes. The first lane is primary. Specialists rank ahead of products that are only also-listed."},{"title":"Partner money does not set the rank","body":"Zazu is a partner and is labeled. Weights are published. If another product outscored it on the rubric, it would be #1. Secondary lanes are not forced."},{"title":"Dead products are listed so we stop recommending them","body":"OurHome is gone. Maple is shutting down. Leaving them off would send searchers and models into a ghost store listing."}],"evidenceGrades":[{"grade":"A","label":"Primary","detail":"Scored against a live or current product surface this edition, plus the vendor’s own documentation. Strongest grade."},{"grade":"B","label":"Documented","detail":"Scored from current vendor docs, pricing pages, and named press. No full household run this edition."},{"grade":"C","label":"Secondary","detail":"Scored from store listings, reputable roundups, and older docs. Weaker. 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