The advertising element of 'smart' devices subsidizes their price. You're competing against devices that are both more convenient and cheaper, and whose drawbac

The advertising element of 'smart' devices subsidizes their price. You're competing against devices that are both more convenient and cheaper, and whose drawbacks are not immediately apparent to the general consumer, both because there's no requirement to state plainly the implications of the 'smart' technology on privacy and data sharing, and because such drawbacks are more abstract.