Well, I don't think anyone in the market considers Logitech Harmony as remotes for the average joe, nor I thnik Logitech intend to be perceived as such. I think instead that Logitech is simply chosing a strategy rather than another, and they are now witnessing one seriously weak point in it.
Hopefully, since cloud-based does not mean cloud-based only, Logitech will evolvetheir software in the"right" directlion.

Thanks for mentioning URC. I'll give them a look. Do you own URC products?