People in my household have two uses for HA. The first one is automated lights: you walk in — the lights are on, you walk out — you forget that you were ever in the room, the second use is finer control (colour, brightness, temperature) using a simple dashboard for lights that have a physical on/off switch.

I’ve provided integration to HomeKit so the tech savvier ones have set up their own automations such as turning on the lights in their room when their alarm goes off.

In return I get to spy on everyone :3

In my room I’ve gone crazy, controlling and automating literally everything, without nearly any physical controls.

Fully agree with schizo! Not having to think about things like light, temperature, co2 and the likes is my goal too!

Thanks to the EU that’s about to change. Counterpoint: Windows has S mode.

(To be clear I’m not defending Apple, I’m just saying you’re mistaken)

You don’t need such nerdy shenanigans for iOS. You just press skip. Your argument is invalid.

You can use android and iOS without an account tho

Cingular moment (I played too much NFSU2 (emulated through WINE of course))

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