As someone who’s into home automation:
- Some of the features are cool, like seeing what’s in your fridge remotely. That’d be nice to have while I’m out shopping
- I currently have an old NUC hooked up to a little interface and some speakers in my kitchen. It’s a bit janky, and it would be nice to run that through some hardware that’s actually intended for kitchen use
Admittedly I’m not sure I could justify the price for “would be nice” features like that
I imagined something like this (youtube video L7iROzIKm1M ) but idk if it’s still a thing
It’s moot for me anyway because there’s no chance of appliance makers opening up their hardware
EDIT: can’t post a link to YT for some reason