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I live in an apartment, so I can't install ceiling lights. I'd have to hit ~8 switches on walls and lamps to fully illuminate my place. If I had smart bulbs, I could use one switch, or a voice command. I guess this isn't a problem if you already have a house and are free to wire it up intelligently to begin with.

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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.

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.

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.

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