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Fwiw I picked up one of those aqara sensors and had trouble with it. It really doesn't like the ceiling fan. Plus I think my bedroom is too small. There's probably a sweet spot in room size. The light level meter worked as expected tho.
I ended up using a pressure pad wired to an aqara leak sensor and it works well. The trick is finding a big enough pad.
Edit: you could also use the states of multiple devices? We almost always use the aforementioned ceiling fan so you could make an automation like "if ceiling fan ON and lights OFF, disable (light on automation)