[fbernier]

Precisely. I recently stripped out my apartment (that I own) completely and redoing the electrical wiring and I have zero interest in installing smart stuff. I just have 4 dimming switches all next to each other that control all the zones, at both ends of the apartment. I can't understand how home automation would improve my quality of life if you factor in the added complexity.

[rhinoceraptor]

It's nice to have an automation to turn off all the lights for bedtime when you live with people who routinely leave the basement lights on, for example.

[Wheaties466]

One of the nice things I have done, is I have the porch lights come on at sunset. If I let my dog out I generally have to walk all the way to the other end of the house to turn this light on then walk back to let him out.

Then before I go to bed I turn it off.

After I installed a smart light switch, It comes on automatically and all the lights in my house turn off with a simple voice command.