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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Loucypher@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

I am failing to see the interest in having tons of IOT devices to manage, connect, segment, etc… Why would someone want to do it? To be clear, I have friends deep in it but… I still don’t understand. Can anyone try to explain the magic I am failing to see?

Edit: Thank you all for sharing your experiences! The ones I found more interesting are those that can easily translate in reducing or tracking consumption. The rest I hear but makes more sense when I look at it from an hobbyist perspective.

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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 4 points 11 months ago

My favorite automation is adding a door sensor and motion sensor in the bathroom and replaced the bathroom light and exhaust switch with a ZigBee switch. Now we don't have to worry about bathroom light anymore. I haven't touched the bathroom light switch for months now. It's automatically turned on when the door opened, stay on if the bathroom is occupied, and turned off if the bathroom is empty (15 minutes of no movements, lower than that you'll start gettinh the light turned off when you're sitting on the throne).