zimpenfishzimpenfish@social.rjp.is
May 5, 2026, 7:03 PM@ifixcoinops This is why I've started moving everything to Zigbee which doesn't need apps (or you can use apps if you buy their stupid overpriced hubs but NO THANK YOU.)
On the plus side, the apps don't suck. On the down side, half the devices won't expose their correct data to HA over ZHA and you have to faff around with Zigbee2MQTT and even then some of the devices are BONKERS (hello luminance sensors who only report 0lx or 3000lx.) On the other down side, there can be horrific lag between pressing a button and an automation completing which leads to people pressing the light switch twice and getting annoyed as it blinks on briefly.
(But apparently you can write automations inside Zigbee2MQTT for ultra-low-latency happenings.)
On the plus side, the apps don't suck. On the down side, half the devices won't expose their correct data to HA over ZHA and you have to faff around with Zigbee2MQTT and even then some of the devices are BONKERS (hello luminance sensors who only report 0lx or 3000lx.) On the other down side, there can be horrific lag between pressing a button and an automation completing which leads to people pressing the light switch twice and getting annoyed as it blinks on briefly.
(But apparently you can write automations inside Zigbee2MQTT for ultra-low-latency happenings.)