why are smart homes still all like "alexa turn on a lightbulb" and not whatever wallace and gromit had going on

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why are smart homes still all like "alexa turn on a lightbulb" and not whatever wallace and gromit had going on
Seriously. “Turning on a light switch” is the thing that other things are supposedly “as simple as”. And yet all the tech bros think they can do better somehow