Consumer IoT in its current form is mostly a product of the O&#x27;Reilly Hype Machine - the machine that gave the world Web 2.0.<p>I get some use out of remote heating control. My hours are variable, so a dumb timer isn&#x27;t ideal.<p>Lighting and the rest I have no interest in.<p>Useful consumer IoT is going to have to wait for useful consumer robotics, and that&#x27;s 10-20 years away.