Am not. "Harmony Link allows you to use your Apple mobile device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch)
or Android mobile device to control your entertainment system. Using the Logitech
Harmony Link app, you can launch activities and control devices with a single touch. " That, in my opinion, falls under "home automation" - consolidated, remote control of household entertainment system is a part of that, IMNSHO. Also, while 6 years might be hopelessly outdated for a mobile phone or a tablet, here I am, typing on an even older computer (which has been only upgraded slightly), and don't get me started on the car.
For home automation, I would expect the appliance's lifecycle to be closer to the refrigerator and oven (20 years and still going; EDIT: this applies to audio as well, my previous A/V setup was mostly older than me while it worked, and I'm no audiophile), not to "get your ass on the HW upgrade treadmill and replace again with iWhatever2017 or suffer the consequences." There's the point, as you note: the expectation to keep working, as opposed to an endless pile of discarded gadgets.
For home automation, I would expect the appliance's lifecycle to be closer to the refrigerator and oven (20 years and still going; EDIT: this applies to audio as well, my previous A/V setup was mostly older than me while it worked, and I'm no audiophile), not to "get your ass on the HW upgrade treadmill and replace again with iWhatever2017 or suffer the consequences." There's the point, as you note: the expectation to keep working, as opposed to an endless pile of discarded gadgets.