My reason for preferring Zigbee over wifi was pretty simple: I don’t trust IoT manufacturers, so I want as few smart home devices connected to the Internet as possible. With Zigbee not providing Internet connectivity, that’s one less thing for me to worry about.
Additionally, lots of Zigbee devices act as repeaters, so it’s unlikely you’d need multiple Zigbee hubs. My only Zigbee hub is in the basement, and I can control my Hue lights in the attic no problem, thanks to the devices in-between rebroadcasting and commands they see.
I know this is a joke, but it did make me start thinking about it.
I’d probably buy a car that Surly made. It’d be very outdated and simple, but also unkillable and practical, kinda like the original Toyota pickup truck.
I wouldn’t buy a Trek car purely because you know they’d make the front grill enormous specifically so they can make the trek logo bigger.