Did OP even read what they wrote? OP is collapsing into stupidity along with the IoT market.
No, don't buy Ikea smart lights: just buy a mechanical light switch from the 1920's and drop the whole idea of smart automation of every goddamn thing.
Don’t like it don’t buy it isn’t a good attitude to have anymore, otherwise we as consumers will lose more and more rights to privacy infringing companies with infinite resources and market reach.
Here's another one: why question if something is actually "progress", when change is progress and progress is always good so change is good.