While that's often true, personal automation can be so freeing. It's more like a hobby for me, but my life is much better having more agency over how things get done.
Email and media are two underrated examples of common, potentially mind-altering, timesucks but I do also automate my accounts and taxes, e.g. most transactions are automatically journalised and year end closing spits out the fields I need to file taxes.
It works for me because it's highly personal. I love that I can nudge systems this way or that and the only agenda is one I choose explicitly.