How can you hate on smart homes, when it’s a concept in itself with 100 different use cases.
My home cuts of the power for my standby devices when I leave it and nobody’s there. It makes sure everything is locked at night. It literally saves me 100’s on heating.
My light dims and uses less power when the sun is down. Good for the eyes and the bill.
It can run my washing machine when power is cheapest.
So now, if it does all that, making sure less ressources are spent, both money and CO2, and privacy is good, then why on earth you even hate it, let alone have an opinion about it. Why you care?
Same, good to find out though. Good thing is some phone manufatures will now actually have to do something about poor efficiency, if they want to sell more.
I always look at it when buying machines for my home, why not a phone.