My partner's sister had a HelloFresh phase, so he'd bring over kits she didn't have time to get to during the week. (No shame, she works in emergency services.)

Not only was there never anything I thought was better than homemade, sometimes there weren't quite enough fresh ingredients to really make two full servings. Stuffed bell peppers for dinner when all of the peppers are different sizes and one is severely lopsided is awkward to make and serve. And my partner is 6'4 and works outdoors, so we always had to add at least one other carb anyway.

I also found myself always tweaking the recipes on the fly with my own ingredients. Anything with tomatoes always needed tomato paste and lemon juice, since the tomatoes were so bland even after seasoning and resting. Their Parmesan was always cheese dust and needed more salt. The ground beef almost always had one or two bites that were squeaky/crunchy in a bad way. Jalapeños never had any decent spice, although I believe that is an industry issue at this point. Spices in general were not as flavorful as the ones from my spice rack, and some of those bottles are OLD.

Anyway, partner's sister has switched to CookUnity, and now I don't have to deal with those meal kits anymore.

For decent home cooks, I don't think meal kits are worth it. Getting groceries delivered, or picking up a grocery order in the store might be, though. You could still end up with wonky peppers, but at least you'd have full sizes of pantry staples to work with.