[coldtea]

>Smart TVs, internet enabled appliances, robot vacuums, Alexa devices, Phillips Hue lighting, smart thermostats, etc. are all IoT.

More specifically most are IoTwNAtbOBiSDoT (Internet of Things we Never Asked to be Online, But it's Shoved Down our Throats)

[ThrowawayR2]

Don't forget the lackadaisical security in most consumer IoT too. I'm more than happy to agree that most consumer IoT is crap. But that's entirely orthogonal to whether it's growing or not.