Mark unique_id() virtual method as deprecated #4538
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What does this implement/fix?
These old-style methods are only present for (text) sensors and not for all other types of entities. They are overridden and implemented by only a handful of sensors; the vast majority use the automatic unique ID generation. We'll likely never be able to remove them due to backwards compatibility, but let's stop the bleeding and mark them as deprecated so that we don't get any more components that implement them.
Types of changes
Related issue or feature (if applicable): fixes
Pull request in esphome-docs with documentation (if applicable): esphome/esphome-docs#
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