I am failing to see the interest in having tons of IOT devices to manage, connect, segment, etc… Why would someone want to do it? To be clear, I have friends deep in it but… I still don’t understand. Can anyone try to explain the magic I am failing to see?

Edit: Thank you all for sharing your experiences! The ones I found more interesting are those that can easily translate in reducing or tracking consumption. The rest I hear but makes more sense when I look at it from an hobbyist perspective.

  • DomiA
    10•5 months ago

    I prefer to do things properly once rather than do it again every day.

    For example, I have an automation that I can trigger from my phone with a single button that does all these things:

    • Lowers all my blinds in the living room
    • Turns on all lights in the living room and dims them a little bit
    • Powers up the smart plugs for my projector, receiver and player(s)
    • Sets the correct volume and source on the receiver
    • Starts playing random music in my living room

    The alternative would be to do each of these steps manually, every day I get home. I’m lazy, probably wouldn’t do it all or just leave stuff running.

    IoT devices (the non-shitty ones that don’t connect to the internet) become useful together when they are automated.