When smart devices started becoming common I looked at them and made the decision that it was a hard no from me - I didn't trust that they'd secure the data properly, I didn't trust the privacy aspect and I really didn't trust that they'd continue to support the product for the life of the hardware.
Here we are 10-15 years later and I see no reason to change that view in the slightest.
It surprises the none-techies I know that I don't have any smart devices in my home because they assume I would been a computer geek but its because I'm a computer geek that I don't.
My hoover is a switch connected to an electric motor, I can service it with a phillips screwdriver.
Even my TV is just a fedora box connected to a regular Samsung TV (which has never been on the network and never will).
Here we are 10-15 years later and I see no reason to change that view in the slightest.
It surprises the none-techies I know that I don't have any smart devices in my home because they assume I would been a computer geek but its because I'm a computer geek that I don't.
My hoover is a switch connected to an electric motor, I can service it with a phillips screwdriver.
Even my TV is just a fedora box connected to a regular Samsung TV (which has never been on the network and never will).