User experience counts!
I’m generally anti-smart-home. But we bought some smart plugs that we use on a heated airer to make sure it doesn’t stay on too long, and to measure energy use.
I’ve been SO impressed with the ease of use of these things (TP-Link/Tapo) that I made my new home-office a bit smart. Automations let me turn everything on or off and so on. With power monitoring too!
Tapo stuff is really easy to set up and the app is really good. That made me go back for more.