> Like many people may have, my first though was why would you buy a smart oven. He explains in a follow up that it was the only one offered by his home builder

> Like many people may have, my first though was why would you buy a smart oven. He explains in a follow up that it was the only one offered by his home builder. And this is an important and overlooked point. Also you often don't get to choose features from an a la carte menu. "Smart" features are often bundled with the other features you actually want, so there's no easy choice as a consumer.