Thanks for the kind words @moojuiceuk
There’s a lot of important points you mention there. You’ll see I’ve expanded on most of them over in the heat pump category:
For control I’m exclusively using commands their phone app can send. That way I can’t do anything they didn’t design for (and continue to support in the future). As a result my program just looks like a very very involved app user.
It would be nice to have finer-grain control, but (as someone who also supports other tech) I’m fine just using what they feel comfortable with.
Thanks again for taking time to think about these things and for sharing.