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I find smarthome features nice, myself. Lights that change over the course of the day, or dim for movie time. I have a smart plug / air quality monitor that,

I find smarthome features nice, myself. Lights that change over the course of the day, or dim for movie time. I have a smart plug / air quality monitor that, if it were properly configurable / configured, could power a fan to turn on when air needs to be circulated based on a variety of criteria I have a wireless speaker setup that I also use as my morning alarm, but that allows me to set a reasonable volume on my speakers and have the same sound throughout the house. My house is equipped with water sensors that will alert if there’s a leak when I’m out of the house, and can call the custodian to deal with it before it gets bad. Many people have home security systems and Ring cameras. Smart homes are alive and well to varying degrees of smartness with smart features. Why do you think they’re a gimmick?

mrweasel 6y ago
I actually like the water sensor, and similarly gas sensors. I don’t really virw security cameras as a smart home thing. Anyway, most people I’ve seen try to create a smart home end up spending a crazy amount of time managing it, while rarely using the stuff. I see it as adding complexity to my home, rather than making it simpler. Want to watch a movie? Close the blinds. Just set the timer on the washing machine, you don’t need it to be internet connected. Interoptability is still low between manufacturers, price are to high and life time to sort. I was at a Microsoft presentation where they happily told us that their IOT OS woul get 10 years of security updates, great, but that it the absolute minimum I would expect for something like appliances, and no where near what I would demand for something built into my house. It’s a gimmick because you need to interested in managing it and keeping it updated, which I am not. There’s enough complexity in our life, let’s not add more.

mrweasel 6y ago

I actually like the water sensor, and similarly gas sensors. I don’t really virw security cameras as a smart home thing. Anyway, most people I’ve seen try to create a smart home end up spending a crazy amount of time managing it, while rarely using the stuff. I see it as adding complexity to my home, rather than making it simpler. Want to watch a movie? Close the blinds. Just set the timer on the washing machine, you don’t need it to be internet connected. Interoptability is still low between manufacturers, price are to high and life time to sort. I was at a Microsoft presentation where they happily told us that their IOT OS woul get 10 years of security updates, great, but that it the absolute minimum I would expect for something like appliances, and no where near what I would demand for something built into my house. It’s a gimmick because you need to interested in managing it and keeping it updated, which I am not. There’s enough complexity in our life, let’s not add more.