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Any good alternatives to Home Assistant?
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this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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I set up a new HA install a couple months ago and didn't write any YAML. It was kind of nice? The UI tools have come a long way and it discovered all my devices which had never happened before.
The thread you shared is worrying though, it's the complete opposite of the spirit of FOSS. I should probably reconsider paying for their subscription at a minimum.
Absence of Yaml is exactly biggest annoyance in modern HA. It just not configurable without million of clicks. Just try to apply same automation procedure to other set of devices. In text you just copy block, in GUI you have to redo everything from scratch.
I'm curious where you run into there not being a YAML option? There's almost always Open in YAML somewhere.
as someone who despises YAML, i am intrigued.
as someone who despises dickheadery, i am concerned