After a few months of using Homey, I honestly regret the purchase. I had the chance to borrow Home Assistant (HA) from a friend, and the performance difference between the two is massive. Homey markets itself as a pro solution, but in reality, it struggles with even the most basic tasks. For exampl…

[image] JohanP: Or how defective your’s is… Yes, mine is the only one for which this happens /s [image] JohanP: But if Homey is that bad, I wonder why you’re still around and do “app development”…. Seriously, I would have moved on.. I have, many years ago, to a system that’s rock-sol…

I’m not saying that, and beeing sarcastic doesn’t do anything for me in a discussion…

I just get a bit sarcastic when people are trying to tell me my Homey is broken (it’s not, it’s rooted and there’s nothing in the system logs pointing to hardware issues) while they posted not long ago that their own Homey broke down :man_shrugging:t3:

Yeah, pretty funny since mine was app. 6 years old… Ohh, well… I’m and IT Engineer, stuff sometimes break down, while others work perfectly. It’s weird your’s goes bad every 2 weeks while others work for weeks, months, years. And i’m not saying you do something funny with it… it’s just seems p…

To begin, I’d like to clarify that I have no affiliation or partnership of any kind. I’m simply sharing my personal experience as a long-time smart home enthusiast. It’s no secret that many smart home products on the market fall short of expectations. Sometimes, our approach to integration or setup…

[image] Perron: It is of no use bashing Homey. Ofcourse people that have difficulties find in this thread others with difficulties. As a marketeer, i cannot disagree more. 80% of discontent buyers will not tell the vendor, but they do tell at least 10 of their trusted people. Only 20% file …

Wow. I too have about every smart home platform at my home. I’ve basically tried them all. And, they all have their pain points and flaws. But, for simple things, both Homey and Home Assistant work just fine. The complexity for me has always been management of the vast number of devices over so…

I design and install home automation system. I have installed systems from Loxone, Shelly and in the good old days even X10 stuff. I still have a client using an X10 system that is now 20 years old. I have tried HA more than once using an Rpi 4. Basic stuff was ok it was controlling my Shelly modul…

[image] TechDoctor: As a home automation installer for now I would never use HA in a professional setup, as I would be spending most of my time tweaking the system to keep it working. Weeks go by without me having to do anything with my HA setup, it just works :man_shrugging:t3:

I love a good rant from time to time, but this thread really has been a waste of 0s and 1s

Homey – After a Few Months, I Think It’s a Scam

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Hartelk November 17, 2025, 2:18pm 45

As I wrote here Tour of bricked homey - #6 by Hartelk I paid hundreds of dollars for something that stopped working because force update error.

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Homey – After a Few Months, I Think It’s a Scam

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