[pammf]

I share the sentiment, and I also get downvoted every time I post something on those lines here. Only thing that can make you even less popular is saying that using cloud services can make sense depending on your priorities. =D

[alias_neo]

I wouldn't downvote anyone who says it hasn't worked out for them, but I run what I imagine is a fairly large scale "smart home", ("device" counts in the hundreds), perhaps not compared to the popular YouTubers you see, but still fairly large.

It's worth noting that I _enjoy_ finding ways to automate my home, or create solutions to problems that didn't exist, and using Home Assistant, but my experience has been anything but troublesome.

Granted HA started off pretty rough, and there are ways it does things I still don't think are as good as they could be, but it has come along an incredible amount and they're doing great things at HA/Nabu/Open Home Foundation.

EDIT: typo