Smart home device manufacturers want you to use their apps. Over time many have become increasingly hostile towards open source solutions such as Home Assistant

Smart home device manufacturers want you to use their apps. Over time many have become increasingly hostile towards open source solutions such as Home Assistant. I was an early adopter for Smart Home products. Some early products could be made to work with Home Assistant and my in-house server. But more recently devices are harder to make work. I have ripped out many of my early attempts. Most certainly I wouldn't trust any of the smart locks. Exploits are being found and published.