> Routing general internet traffic through a VPN introduces unnecessary complexity. (...) A VPN could bottleneck the performance for some devices. (...) Not all

> Routing general internet traffic through a VPN introduces unnecessary complexity. (...) A VPN could bottleneck the performance for some devices. (...) Not all devices can reliably connect to a VPN. This suggests to me the author is imagining a VPN setup that isn't split-tunnel. Why would anyone want that for this? And what device is "not reliably able to connect" via VPN that you'd want to reach Home Assistant through? > No Basic Authentication Support: Home Assistant's mobile apps cannot handle URLs with embedded credentials (e.g., https://user:pass@hostname https://user:pass@hostname). Path Limitations: Home Assistant must be hosted at the root path (/), preventing the use of an obscure web host path to deter scanners. ... so put a reverse proxy in front of it? Maybe I'm missing something, but there's nothing unusual here.