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I am using the under rated openHAB. Once set up it just works. I found home assistant very clunky and confusing. I suppose the same could be said for openHAB from a HA user viewpoint. I have tried to use HA a few times and given up. It puts stuff all over the place and has to be restarted every time you change something. I will stick with what I know.
Homey by LG?
Waste of time, move on to other vids. He just want you to buy through his links.
Did bro just say apple was the only one that worked with out internet ? after saying home assistant was on a local server?