Perhaps I can be one data point for you. I install & service EMS systems(automated controls) for big box retail stores. This does not necessarily make me smart, just knowledgable of what can be done w/out a new SaaS mining my life. My home automation? A programmable Tstat(with adaptive controls disabled) & a couple photovalic night lights. Anything more for <10,000 sq ft is just trivial, IMO. Perhaps that just makes me lazy. What consumer level automation offers is sub-par potential designed to foster reliance on a SaaS provider, and most often making me & my life the product for sale is their best working achievement. No thanks.