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by JshWright 2344 days ago
None of it is "necessary", but having my locks, garage doors, HVAC, doorbell[1], most of my media players, and most of my lights integrated with Home Assistant provides all sorts of convenience.

It all works "offline" (in reality, as long as the house has power, it all works, I just can't connect to it if I'm not home).

[1] The doorbell is a "dumb" doorbell that triggers an IO pin on an ESP8266.