A conversation this morning got me thinking about the different categories of smart home tech.
I’ll be the first to admit that I love gadgets for their own sake. If there’s a low-tech way of doing something and a hi-tech way of doing it, I’ll tend to favor the hi-tech option even where the benefit is marginal.
My partner is not of the same view. She’s not a Luddite by any means – she has an iPhone, iPad, Mac, and appreciates some hi-tech solutions – but for her, the default option is the traditional way of doing things. Any technological wizardry has to justify itself.
This results in some negotiations about the devices we have in our apartment, which led me to the conclusion that there are three categories of smart home tech …
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