InfluxDB Cloud's Native Collectors enable users to connect industry protocols to InfluxDB without hosting their own collectors, providing a cloud-only solution for IoT data ingestion and parsing. The Things Network is connected to InfluxDB using Native Collectors, allowing the ingestion of device data from LoRaWAN networks. By collecting connection credentials, defining security settings, and mapping JSON payload fields, users can successfully connect and authenticate against The Things Network's MQTT broker, parse device data into InfluxDB, and future-proof their topic subscriptions with wildcards.