I refuse to invest in anything in the Google ecosystem at this point; any app, software, or hardware you use can clearly be discontinued at the whim of the C-suite getting pitched by some PM trying to justify why they deserve to be a team lead for Google's 8th chat or messaging app.
My Nest (2014) is working perfectly fine but I'm required to pay for a new model.
Apparently, heating and cooling a three-bedroom home requires more advanced technology...
I threw my first-gen Nest thermostat in the trash about 5 years ago after one too many UI changes and at least one bricking incident (later fixed) after an unwanted update.<p>I replaced it with a super basic Honeywell mercury thermometer, which will almost certainly still be working 100 years from now.
Not sure why I'm surprised. I'm actually quite surprised Google didn't do this sooner, being Google and all. I bought my Nest before the acquisition and held out as long as I could before they forced me to migrate my Nest account to a Google account.<p>I understand not wanting to support old hardware forever, but is it really that hard to lock this device down enough to only accept commands from Google servers? I just want to be able to tweak the temperature at night without getting out of bed.<p>I certainly won't be replacing it with their new model, even if they are offering a reasonable discount. I hear good things about Ecobee...
I have a Sonos Play:1 speaker from 2013 still working perfectly with no plans from Sonos to change that. My Nest thermostat from same year will lose app and home/away features which I would say is over 50% of its current functionality, for a device that I bought for 250€. I wonder what Tony Fadell thinks about this.
Wait, isn't AI supposed to make something like providing software support easy and inexpensive? Does Google not fancy itself an AI company? So what possibly can be the excuse for this anti-social behaviour?<p>The backlash will come.