I think the spying of the ad industry destroyed so much trust in technology that many people refrained to use any form of house automation, especially cloud con

I think the spying of the ad industry destroyed so much trust in technology that many people refrained to use any form of house automation, especially cloud connected devices. The industry had a boom for a time but it now looking for demand. I doubt an AI could repair this damage since it is something you can only repair with time. A lot of that and any AI will be suspected of sharing data with its master.