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My family is always bitching me out for the slightest thing that goes wrong with my home automation. My wife would absolutely refuse to use any A/V gear that involves logging in: I mean, this has been normalized by streaming but you never have to log in to use a Blu-Ray player.

>>PaulHo+(OP)
That’s funny! As a single guy who’s always bitching at myself for my failing home automation, I understand your family’s pain of just wanting to do something simple like turn on a light but they can’t because dad wanted the “fAnCy LiGhTs”! lmao

>>cooper+I4
The AV forums used to call it the "wife acceptance factor" but it's a huge reality.

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/11/19/the-jim-saga.-...

And having it extend to have to piss by the light of your cell phone (just before you drop it in the toilet) because you're groggy and can't remember the right incantation to get lights on ...

>>PaulHo+(OP)
You should probably listen to them. It’s great to have tinkering hobbies but please don’t subject others to your whims just because you are in a position of authority.

>>PaulHo+(OP)
> My family is always bitching me out for the slightest thing that goes wrong with my home automation.

er...why are you whinging and being mean about them? it is you who has made their home annoying. you should fix it or get rid of all the things that are making their lives annoying.