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Condemning bullshit "smart" stuff and cloud independence is why people are using home assistant. But if you just want to rant and don't care about the topic instead of learning what's discussed here, I'll not reply any further.
My point is not to buy internet connected devices that have no business being internet capable in the first place.
Then that there are vulnerabilities in the security that can be exploited even when you think you are safe. It's great to minimize the vulnerabilities, not as great as not enshitifying those appliances in the first place.
Also on this forum you should anticipate that attitude and address it in the post.
Home Assistant users are huge on devices with full local control (no internet connection required). Yes, HA works with cloud-connected devices too, but HA itself is just a platform for connecting all your devices together.
Most users here probably agree with you about avoiding internet connected devices, but your condemnation of HA makes it sound like you have no idea what HA is.
Well obviously I did have no idea what home assistant was. On this forum that should be expected and answered in the post itself however. Obviously you are going to get that, along with people that skip it entirely because of it.
You mean the homeassistant community? For Home Assistant users? I think it's taken for granted here that people know what HA is, and that doesn't seem unreasonable. I wouldn't expect every post in /c/android to explain what Android is.
ZigBee devices are not internet connected
My devices aren't Internet connected at all. You could just have asked instead of going off on it.