The thing that stuck out to me in that article was complaining about failures. I would think, if you have 150 components of anything, you're going see failures

The thing that stuck out to me in that article was complaining about failures. I would think, if you have 150 components of anything, you're going see failures on a fairly consistent pace, especially as time goes by. For example, I'm replacing LED lights that were supposed to last for decades every 6 - 18 months in my house, and they aren't even the smart kind. The one thing I'm not happy about my small z-wave setup is the HomeAssistant upgrade cycle breaking things way too often. It's gotten better in the past year or so, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to see that happen again in the future. Definitely would not recommend HA for anyone who doesn't like tinkering.