I'm 100% with you on smoke alarms and lightbulbs. But I've been quite happy with my smart thermostat and sprinkler controller. Maybe the difference is in thes

I'm 100% with you on smoke alarms and lightbulbs. But I've been quite happy with my smart thermostat and sprinkler controller. Maybe the difference is in these cases, a controller has been replaced with a smarter controller. It's a natural line of progress, and there have been obvious deficiencies with the logic of the "dumb" controllers since their inception (heating the home when you're away, watering while it rains)