Home automation is basically smarthome stuff. Except the comm i'm thinking of would be more focused on home assistant, which is an os that lets you create an in-house server for everything. So no using google or tapo or eight billion other apps because omg device need internets, you can cut them off, they're locked into your house and controlled by you.
My fave was the vid where he was just going for a walk and talking about crazy shit that's happened to him and ON VIDEO he just randomly gets accosted and ends up feeding a llama from his mouth
https://www.forbes.com/sites/larissafaw/2015/07/28/watch-out-ladies-millennial-men-are-gold-diggers/