the internal angst between wanting to be her friend, wanting to be a good person, and desperately wanting her relationship to end

That’s just being human.

I think it was Mark Twain that said “nobody is completely sad when their best friend fails”

Yes

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

You can also control locally (i.e. without internet connection) using homekit integration.

Been working fine for me for a couple of years.

Poorly

It’s also due to very bad weather/floods in the second largest producer, Vietnam.

And since extreme weather events are increasing in intensity and frequency, it’s not going to get better (as a trend at least).