Great question, but it doesn’t belong in this thread, which is an FAQ. Please start your own thread in the following section of the forum and make sure you put ( EU) in the topic title and you should get some responses there.
As far as making it simpler, most of the major home automation companies, including Apple, Amazon, and Samsung, are working on the “Matter“ initiative which is intended to do just that. Make more things work together more simply. But devices aren’t expected from there until late 2022. If you want to read more about it, see the following thread: