[xg15]

Also starting to believe that the real status symbol will be the ability to not have an internet connection or only connect at your own discretion.

I also see a lot of temptation especially in the IoT space to use the internet to control the devices against the users wishes and spy on the user.

You also see tge first attempts of devicemakers to actively ensure an internet connection themselves, independently of what the user set up. (I.e. Apple's Find My network, Amazon's Sidewalk, etc).

I don't think this will become less in the future.