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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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So you would be fine being a guest in someone's else house, no control over anything and just let whatever automations are in place do their thing? But all of this in your own home? Temperature is an important value to know, tells if it's better to turn off the AC/heat and just open the windows at that time, or when it's the better moment to open them and air the place. Same with air quality, if it gets worse with the windows open it's better to close them, or if it's not great inside it might be a good idea to open.
My fan has an app or a pair of buttons on top, no remote.
I have control over my stuff, its control via physical controls in the real world. I don't want to use an app that I have to get out my phone, open up, navigate and eventually control a thing when I can just change a dial or press a button.
Temperature is not for me, an important value to know. I already know if its hot enough to air the place out or not. Don't need to see a number for that.
The value for me in home assistant is not putting all my buttons into an app on my phone, it's on the connections I can make between things, it's the ability to make my home work for me, without having to constantly be doing things to make that happen, and if i do have to do a thing, I don't see a single reason as to why I would want to have to do that thing in an app on my phone.
You do need to know the number, IF you want to maximize the amount of cooling via open window vs AC.
That aside I'm pretty sure this is an "agree to disagree" situation, mostly because it's clear we have different tastes. A smart home for me has the value of letting me control everything in a single place (always on me), without going around looking for remotes that might need a new battery. Automations are good, but I want to keep control over every little detail.