I&#x27;m pretty underwhelmed by the IoT myself, but I don&#x27;t see what the author&#x27;s goal is here.<p>Is it not obvious that if things are too expensive or not that useful, folks won&#x27;t buy it?<p>Does the IoT really raise that many <i>new</i> issues concerning integration, usability, sustainability, and privacy?  I haven&#x27;t studied it, but my intuition is:  not really.