[HeyLaughingBoy]

Ha. This.

I led a project to connect my company's products (large, instrumentation devices) to the 'net a few years ago to improve serviceability, tell us when things are wrong, let customers order supplies, etc. It was a big success and I've been following the field for a while. Subscribed to the appropriate magazines, follow industry trends, get asked IoT questions from LinkedIn, etc.

I still don't see much purpose for consumer devices to be connected. Big industrial machinery: sure. Obvious benefits there. But my fridge being out of something? My oven timer went off? Why?