It's not completely negated, depending on the case. The kitchen in the place I rent has this island (its more like a peninsula) that just barely makes the ligh

It's not completely negated, depending on the case. The kitchen in the place I rent has this island (its more like a peninsula) that just barely makes the light switch for the kitchen out of reach, so instead we have to walk around the way around. Obviously a manageable situation, but automating things has been a covid hobby. So I automated the lights, obviously, via replacing the light switch and added a motion sensor to the kitchen wall. There's also an echo dot for voice control. Walk into the kitchen, lights turn on, eventually they go off. If they don't go on, just say "alexa turn on kitchen" and they go on, motion detector eventually picks up and turns them back off. Use the light switch, and it disables the motion sensor for an hour and just leaves the lights on, or off, whichever direction was pressed. Time saved for everyone not walking back and forth, also at night, has definitely been greater than time spent for me debugging. YMMV