Every time freetube is broken, I have to use grayjay interim, which pushes a fix almost immediately, while freetube takes a couple of days.

Ooooh, that makes much more sense, thank you!

Where I live, smoke detectors come with a guarantee that the (9v) battery will keep them operational for at least 10 years.

When the battery is low on charge, they start beeping in regular intervals and from when the beeping starts it still takes a year or two for them to run out. Which you will surely notice at some point when you’re at home.

So I don’t really understand why someone would need a notification.

I guess a notification could be nice if you have a hearing deficiency, but instead you could make a calender apointment to replace them in 8 years just to be safe.

The alternative is getting smart smoke detectors that are compatible with home assistant and that know their own battery level.

Edit: this last bit still applies and is one way to do it

Then you’d need to selfhost home assistant on some always on device. And buy compatible smoke detectors.

https://www.home-assistant.io/

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/smoke-sensor-with-battery-status-in-ha/357762

same

Oh, it was supposed to be rage bait. I actually thought it was quite funny.

I recognized myself from a decade ago and this post quite a bit. It uhh didn’t go very well until through years of suffering I figured out the perfect setup for me and how to properly deal with all the little issues.

I know it sounds dumb but my Ubuntu used to break like every six months and I had to always reinstall it.

to have fun

Try the Freetube or Grayjay client, they work for me with VPN.