Reading this thread I decided I wanted a WiFi-enabled thermostat. I found a Honeywell model that isn't touchscreen, looks like some of their standard LCD (black on green), but has a WiFi capability and I have to install Honeywell's smartphone app. Only $69.99 on sale!
Then I read the installation manual and user guide. OK, I can do this, I've installed thermostats before, including a Nest for my dad.
Then I started questioning what's wrong with the current thermostat (nothing), what will the new one do that the old one couldn't (programmable and remotely set the temp).
OK big deal, a few more minutes of 84F indoors until it cools down to 79F in the Sunshine State... which means more time for the kids to stay outside and I can get a few yard chores done.
Can we set schedules given our current and future work schedules? Umm No, we have kids, unpredictable schedules, sometimes work from home, sometimes client site, sometimes who knows from where. Wife and I haven't complained once in 11 years of home ownership about taking a few steps to the thermostat and setting it when coming home or leaving for the day.
So why do I want to replace a perfectly functioning unit and create waste? And probably more mother-ship reporting that the pi-hole needs to block.