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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Kypsylano on 2024-11-10 16:22:30+00:00.

I've used an intermix of Alexa and Apple's HomeKit now for probably ten years; I was super excited for Home Automation but it died quickly when these services proved to be clunky and unintuitive; many times devices simply disconnected and fell off the network for seemingly no reason, despite router tweaks, upgrades and alike.

I was reluctant to try to HomeAssistant as I will say the documentation and onboarding is quite substandard, but I just got my first device working and the sense of control and possibilities is top notch.

Just a note of appreciation :)

Edit: Point of clarity about substandard documentation; it's clearly well documented, the problem is the documentation isn't particularly accessible. When adding a device via HomeKit, documentation both states to add the device to HomeKit first, but also says if they're in HomeKit they must be removed; it doesn't effectively explain that these are a sequence to follow rather than mutually exclusive states.