As a friend of mine says: "The American Bar Association is a very agree-to-disagree organization. If the ABA is warning about an imminent collapse of the rule of law, we are down to studs and wires."
It's great that you have the skills to do that, but we both know that most people buying smart home gadgets don't have those skills. I'd prefer those people to have a safe by default setup, which is why I advocate for Zigbee and Z-Wave.
One thing I like about Z-Wave and Zigbee devices is that they can't connect to the internet no matter what, because they don't have the hardware for it.
This means you don't need to worry about them phoning home with usage data. (privacy)
It means you don't need to worry about them being used by a hacker to penetrate your network. (security)
It means you don't need to worry about them being a node in some botnet mining crypto for someone else with your electricity. (resource usage)
You've already got HomeAssistant to connect them to your Google Home or HomeKit account, so you can still turn on your closet light from the bar or whatever. You're not losing anything by them not being connected to the internet directly. You just never have to worry about that stuff. Instead of having to keep 40 devices that were sold by some company that no longer exists up to date on their firmware, you just need to keep HA up to date.
Do these dumb motherfucker even know what betrayal means? He's not betraying you, he's doing what he said he would do. For once in his life you should have believed him.
I agree that there is genocide happening. I also understand that the guy who got elected is actively in favor of it and wouldn't lift a finger to stop it if everyone in the country begged him, while the person who lost was trying to balance millions of conflicting priorities (and sadly those dying are not the top priorities) and the result isn't what I want. There are other things to consider after you realize you're not going to get what you want.
It's a good thing a bunch of Dems folded to reopen the government so people wouldn't go hungry.
Good job guys, you got played, again.