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by thisismyaccoun7 2709 days ago
I believe I live in a complex owned by the same company as the Twitter user, and if so, I can answer that.

The owners aren't installing it themselves but going through https://smartrent.com/. As you can see from their homepage, the benefits of the smart home features are aimed at owners/landlords/property managers primarily, with renters' benefits being secondary. Those landlord benefits come from online automation.