As a meta comment, I can't get to the forbes story on a direct link because I adblock and scriptblock. I googled the title and got in via the google search free pass and I now see I'm blocking 19 social scripts/ads which provide zero to negative value for me. The point is no one wants spam or pointless interruptions or endless big brother tracking. The future of "smart devices" is your overhead lightbulb connecting to an absolute minimum of 19 social media and tracking sites and government offices to permanently record your every activity and no one wants that except spies and corrupt people.

If there's no end user benefit unless they can get the government to force the population to use them, most "smart" devices will end up doing the equivalent of the 80s/90s VCR clock flashing 12:00. Maybe the strategy to work around that is light bulbs of the future will refuse to turn on unless you give the home factory in China full access to your complete facebook, twitter, and linkedin profiles and perhaps your credit card number so you can purchase "upgrades" to run beyond 100 hours or beyond 50% brightness levels.

I'll be using dumb bulbs and laughing at people stuck with inferior smart bulbs.