To use lights as an example - there are uses cases for some people. I have my downstairs and external lights set to turn on and/or flash if my home alarm goes o

To use lights as an example - there are uses cases for some people. I have my downstairs and external lights set to turn on and/or flash if my home alarm goes off at night time. When my kids were infants I had lights set to turn on/off as I moved around the house at 3am to make a bottle etc. When I'm away for a long period of time I use it to control the lights and make it look more like someone is home. Another example is monitoring water leaks - my house was destroyed by a water leak several years ago. I absolutely sleep a little better knowing that I'll get an alert if the sump pump fails etc. I really don't understand why so many developers are so opposed to IoT. There are issues to be resolved (security concerns, standardization of protocols, some obviously stupid devices etc) but there is also the potential to make modest improvements to common routines and tasks.