Not sure why there is some much negativity in this thread towards HA. I'm a very happy user, and there simply is nothing out there that comes close in terms of

Not sure why there is some much negativity in this thread towards HA. I'm a very happy user, and there simply is nothing out there that comes close in terms of ease of use and breadth of devices supported. Sure, if you're going to (and can afford to) pay 200K USD for a vendor locked-in, turnkey home automation system, you'll get something that likely will be a little smoother and more polished that HA. For a while. The day something breaks or goes out of date, you'll have to pull out the checkbook again. And good luck integrating anything in there that does not come from the vendor in the first place. The whole HASS thing is - true - a little bit unusual, but OTOH, does work fairly flawlessly as long as you don't start making outlandish customizations to it.