While I think most agree with you, it’s important to note there is more to networking than WAN access. Streaming 4k in your home network over WiFi sounds pretty awesome for security cameras and other self-hosted medias.

What does this mean though? Sure it’s not new, but does it make it less of a mess?

The first thing that springs to mind is something like a “magic mirror”. I haven’t delved into it a ton, but I’m fairly certain that it would be able to hit most of your criteria.

That being said, I’d think it could be a decent enough starting point to at least find other things in the same vein.