[GianFabien]

Smart home device manufacturers want you to use their apps. Over time many have become increasingly hostile towards open source solutions such as Home Assistant.

I was an early adopter for Smart Home products. Some early products could be made to work with Home Assistant and my in-house server. But more recently devices are harder to make work. I have ripped out many of my early attempts.

Most certainly I wouldn't trust any of the smart locks. Exploits are being found and published.