WTH is it so hard to replace broken devices

[tmjpugh]

WTH can’t we easily replace devices

Would be nice to have a way to easily add a device and say device.new replaces device.old Kinda like find and replace in text editors EXAMPLE 1 - Phones I go buy a new phone. I log in and setup new phone in HA app I want to be able to have all notifications and location data that were on the old phone be changed to the new device EXAMPLE 2 - locks My lock broke I buy new lock and setup in HA I want this lock to replace the old lock everywhere in HA In the UI In my automations I want …