Comment by cheschire
3 months ago
While the author gave a contrived need of controlling this device like the others, they may be simplifying their motivations for the purpose of focusing the article.
homeassistant allows you to perform follow on work or even long term analysis. For example the author could use the information to decide what times of day during which seasons are best for airing out the house (more popular in Europe than North America), or if air quality dips happen to coincide with their leaky clothes dryer spewing fibers and soap particles out into the home, or when they cook on their gas range, etc.
Some people just like to explore and discover. Low threat information is nice these days.
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