Unless it magically cleans and tidies everything I really don't see the appeal of home automation. Pressing a switch is far more convenient to me when walking into a room than fishing out a smartphone - whether it be through a raspberry pi or otherwise. Same with central heating, I rarely need to adjust it and I don't see the appeal of messing around with some integrated interface, i'd rather an old fashioned radiator dial or an independent reliable digital central heating timer I might have to tweak for 2 mins once a year.
None of these things are analogous to the TV remote control, there's a reason why we haven't seen similar precursors such as radiator switches on extension cords, we don't need to constantly adjust these things at high frequency... and when we do, we are literally walking past it (light switch).
None of these things are analogous to the TV remote control, there's a reason why we haven't seen similar precursors such as radiator switches on extension cords, we don't need to constantly adjust these things at high frequency... and when we do, we are literally walking past it (light switch).
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