a) What are the benefits? Most of these devices are savings mere seconds of labor b) What are the costs? Just about every person I know who got into IoT device

a) What are the benefits? Most of these devices are savings mere seconds of labor b) What are the costs? Just about every person I know who got into IoT devices has regretted it within a few years (things break, manufacturers go out business, just keeping up with updates can be a pain) Why even bother?