While the interoperability of IoT devices sure does suck there a projects like Home Assistant[1] which make this less of a pain my advice is stick to locally co

While the interoperability of IoT devices sure does suck there a projects like Home Assistant[1] which make this less of a pain my advice is stick to locally controlled devices that follow existing standards (ZigBee, Zwave, WiFi) and shit like this can't happen. There are of course alternatives that have been around for decades like Control 4 but they cost serious money. 1. https://www.home-assistant.io/ https://www.home-assistant.io/