For starters, a smart toilet is the dumbest thing I’ve heard of in a while. But home automation is pretty neat if you’re into to that sort of thing. Theres a lot of open source programs out there to keep yourself independent of corporate spying. If you know what you’re doing, you can set things up securely and in a way that protects your privacy. For things like lighting, HVAC and speakers there isn’t much in the way of overcomplicating the hardware either. I’m with you on cars though. Fuck that noise