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Show me where the spec sheet for a typical smart appliance tells me if it has a good integration with Home Assistant, whether I can flash it with ESPHome, etc.
Usually spec sheets only talk about a bunch of proprietary bullshit I don't give a fuck about (or actively don't want).
People who use and develop integrations for Home Assistant.
Are those on the manufacturer's spec sheet? 'Cause that's what the comment I was replying to was talking about.
No, they often aren't. Any that are, are not going to be permanent, either (see what Chamberlain did with their garage openers).
My personal take: unless it can function as a "smart" device without a constant connection to the internet, a company-provided HA integration is kinda useless.
You can find out about home assistant support on the home assistant webpages.
In other words, you're proving my point that you have to do research to find that stuff out.