I think you could graph the average person's reaction to smart items by their level of knowledge about them. i.e:

- people who don't understand technology at all think it's all creepy (low knowledge, low opinion)

- people who understand how it works think it's awesome (medium knowledge, high opinion)

- people who understand tech, maybe work with it, well-educated about it tend to love it but be more concerned with balancing practicality with security (high knowledge, medium opinion)

- absolute experts on data, security, development who use the absolute minimum of networked items or avoid smart home stuff altogether (expert knowledge, low opinion)

sorry for long comment lol but this is just what I've noticed, just kind of like an inverse parabola