Watches
I never saw the point of them. I don’t see the problem with analog or digital watches. Everything is regressed to a tiny square of a screen, that you barely look at. I just find it as an unnecessary distraction.
Light Bulbs
I work in retail and I stock these things all of the time. We have light bulbs, that are smart now because why? They’re stuffed with wireless functionality, just so you can simply change a color or maybe dim it through phone. More unnecessary apps, more unnecessary functions just for cheap attraction.
Kitchen Appliances
I’m bundling them all here.
There is nothing you’re gaining an advantage of, when slapping a screen on any appliance and relying on some unsupported app on your phone for basic functions.
I would have agreed with you a few years ago, but after a visit to Japan I’ve gotta say we’re living in the stone age everywhere else
Japanese toilets aren’t networked, they’re just fancy.
Fair play, things being networked is a pretty classic “smart” feature, and I struggle to see a need for a networked toilet.
I kinda take “smart” to mean the bit broader definition of: something with extra features that introduce additional processing, sensors and (usually) programmability, that otherwise typically would be relatively dumb. Maybe that’s a bit of an older take on the term now though