> People get this already, as they put them in their home for IoT, or to stream whatever, etc and so forth

I use apple HomeKit, which requires a "home hub" to be always on (just select apple products basically). So I think its def possible that this could be thing, but I would be skeptical that this can grow too much in the mainstream. I occasionally unplug mine to move it around, and the thought of missing something would scare me out of moving it much (or using it much)