You’re missing out on not needing to think about turning on your lights. Come home at 6pm every night after work; lights come on at 5:55pm. Come home at different times of the night; set up a motion sensor to trigger the lights when the door opens or per room. Don’t want to set up a motion sensor? Geofence your house. Seasons changing mean sunset is later; have logic that only turns on lights after sunset. Kids are only allowed to watch tv until 8pm; automate the tv turning off at 8pm. Its limitless what you can do. This is all very easy to do using something like HomeKit. Each day adds minutes back in your life; span that across a lifetime and it makes a difference.
>>sunnyb+(OP)
Minutes each day? I spend at most 20 seconds a day switching lights on and off in my house. Setting all that up would probably involve more time than operating my light switches for a lifetime.