(Very capable, but also making programmers out of home owners since 2012)
edit: I was referring to a sticker that I’ve seen often on enthusiasts' forum posts 'Land Rover - Proudly turning owners into mechanics since 1948'.
The old school Defender is a very capable off road vehicle, but its need for regular unscheduled maintenance is legendary.
Greetings from a Toyota HZJ80 driver :)
Home Assistant is a free and open source way of cross-connecting smart devices. It is incredibly powerful. It can easily save you money (e.g. garage door/motion sensor + thermostat temp adjustments), or allow you to craft bespoke convenience/security features.
It is the central hub of a smart-home. Very reliable in my experience.
I love Home Assistant, and except for the occasional update breaking config files it's been very reliable, but there is no way 95% of people could get it installed, let alone get it set up to do anything useful.
HA is only good for normies if there's a techie setting it up and keeping it running.
excepting the recent dross from them with the death of the real defender...they can usually be fixed roadside with a hammer and some grease, they're easily the most ubiquitous off-road vehicle globally (well either landrover or toyota) and with 80% of all made still running.
Not sure why your reaction was so emotional, but I think you're thinking of Range Rovers, again though, the old ones were superb, the new ones are for rappers, footballer, and the other assorted nouveau riche.
There's also HACS for plugins which they don't want to merge.