On: I stayed in a hotel with Android lightswitches and it was as bad as you'd think

[frogpelt]

Every once in a while invention is the mother of necessity.

But do we really need our lights to do all kinds of funky things and be controlled from around the globe?

Don't we really just need our lights when we're in the room? And don't we just need to them to be on/off or at most dimmable?

Help me here.

[mark-r → frogpelt]

I could see a hotel system that turns off the lights at some predetermined time if the room is not rented, in case they were accidentally left on. That might save them some electricity, but it's hard to see it saving enough to pay for the system.