RomeoReject :
"The second bullet point is especially amusing to me: revert Internet of Things devices to just plain Things."
Yup. It boggles my mind how many things inexplicably are connected to the internet. Lightbulbs don't need to be connected to the internet, for the love of god.
Maybe not a direct connection from the device, but it actually makes a lot of sense to have access to most of the devices from internet. It can give you quite a lot of convenience, especially for managing things from afar.
If the 'Things' are made secure enough, I don't see absolutely anything wrong with having your lightbulbs accessible from your smartphone.
I would be more hesitant for life or death stuff, but that would just require a higher level of security.