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> I can't even imagine a scenario where I'd want a "smart home".

You get hit by a truck on the way to work and you're not longer able bodied enough to do these things.

Fair enough, but these things aren't marketed as assistive devices.

I have smart lights in the bedroom. They come automatically as a light-alarm and it's fantastic. It would be hard to go back to waking up in the dark and turning on a massively bright light.

It's also remote controlled at night so I can turn it off from bed. These are all useful features.

> It would be hard to go back to waking up in the dark and turning on a massively bright light.

That's why we invented the sun.

I wake up before the sun comes up and go to bed long after it's gone down.

It doesn't have to be "smart" or internet-connected to be remotely operable.

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