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.
How do you do the “both away or home”?
If they’re using Home Assistant then it’s pretty straightforward. You can either have the devices report back their location and update based on a Geofence or you can check and see if everyone’s on the wifi or not