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		guluarte 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using Home Assistant, adguard home and an $8 smart... I have found that the problem with smart home automation is that it suddenly stops working after an update, and fixing it becomes annoying, and when you have multiple triggers and routines you lose track of what activated what.

bmicraft 3 months ago [–]

That's not really true with home assistant. The two exceptions are devices which

  - require third party cloud services
  - use custom integrations (because they aren't natively supported by HA)

Which is also why everybody and their dog recommend getting devices which support local control.

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