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Depends on your definition of "smart' I guess. ZigBee stuff like buttons and the like probably won't become obsolete for a long time. I guess you could argue that ZigBee protocol updates could eventually brick them though. Good thing a lot of it is open source
The trick is to buy reasonably open devices, then provide the smarts yourself.
If it can talk to / be configured by HomeAssistant, and doesn't require internet to work, it'll probably be fine.