It’s less about desire and imagining there may be perfectly reasonable scenarios that exist without one needing to be aware of them or them having to be universally applicable.

I found little utility for appliances with remote access until the number of humans to keep fed and clothed grew beyond myself and a partner.

How?

Every little tweak can add up to a staggering amount of time around monotony in a lifetime.

A basic example: https://efficiencyiseverything.com/water-per-second/