One interesting consequence of home automation devices is it enables presence when you're not at home.
You can switch on lights or even talk through a smart doorbell. Will this change expectations of visitors?
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I find it really interesting how some areas of tech are widely expected to improve radically (e.g. LLMs and smart home tech), others gradually (CPU speed, battery capacity) and others very slowly (e.g. compiler optimisations).
Predicting the future is hard.
I travelled recently with six electronic devices, and every single one used USB-C for charging. It was wonderful, and not an experience I've had before.
The games console market is fascinating: there's incentive to *not* provide upgraded models.
You want the guarantee that a game for $X just works on any $X purchased.
E.g. the Switch OLED has a bigger screen, and a better CPU than the original, but it's downclocked to match the original Switch's CPU.