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As per recent polling data, the most lamented household technology consists of smart lighting and video doorbells, with audio devices taking third place. The reasons seem clear: smart lighting targeted the unbearable onerousness of standing up to flip a switch—a concern that never existed. Similarly, video doorbells hinted at documenting dramatic events, yet truthfully, they hardly ever provide anything worth watching.

It’s surprising how, in today’s world of constant monitoring and digital networks, so little spontaneous incidents occur in reality. It’s almost as if continuous monitoring fails to uncover anything beyond the obvious.

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In fact, someone in the fitness industry once revealed—very conspiratorially—that tech-regret is most intense in the smart device sector. The little-known fact about smartwatches is that after they stop working, users seldom replace them. Initially, there’s a phase of sheer anxiety: Without something tracking your steps, did they occur? How will you manage without knowing your sleep quality or pulse?

However time goes by, and it dawns on you that your watch was actually pressuring you—switching from patronizing praise and hectoring demands. If a person treated you in such a manner, you’d end the relationship without hesitation.

Curiously, consumers remain interested in green technology like sun-powered cells, thermal exchangers, and electric vehicle stations. Innovation isn’t always irritating—certain developments actually improve everyday living.