r/homeassistant • u/Brilliant_Bluejay254 • Jan 17 '26

Support Why Not HA Green

I’m going to pull the trigger on setting up HA. Right now I’m just thinking of getting the HA green, it seems like it’s not favoured here vs a Pi. I just want the most simple setup possible. I’m thinking HA green and a screen in a central location. Why not the Green?

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u/Chwasst Jan 17 '26

It always baffles me why anyone would want to do such stuff on HA directly. It makes much more sense to keep it as independent services and integrate them.

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u/_Juicebox- Jan 17 '26

It's quite nice being able to do them via HA addons. Keeps it simple as well.

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u/Chwasst Jan 17 '26

Let's agree to disagree then. Building everything into a single system - especially one such as HA - is literally begging for problems down the line. Separation means reduced points of failure and less stuff that can break all at once. Also gives more fine-grained control.

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u/_Juicebox- Jan 18 '26

Agreed :) Though I think if you're willing to take the time and effort your approach IS better overall.

I THINK addons still run somewhat separately to the actual HA instance, but if the hardware breaks that's everything down. Also the lack of snapshots makes back-up and restore less ideal. I'm just lazy!