Anyone know a good replacement for a nest cam?
Google Is Turning Off the Works-with-Nest API
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#62Google doesn't care about individual people.
Scale is fun! >.>
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#63How many things use that API?
I do. I have a command line nest app that I use to control my temperature.
So a personal project then, not a commercial one. My guess is they just lost a new customer with you.
The root of my question though is this: Is most API use a hobby thing, or a professional thing businesses are build around?
My assumption here is that the financial impact is trivial for them. They aren't Valve ending Half-Life modding for example. If that's not a clear analogy, Valve's enabling of modding for Half-Life enabled Counter Strike, which basically kept Valve alive so they could become what they are now.
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#64So let's talk alternatives. EcoBee? Honeywell?
What's the suggested alternate device and route for those of us that like a little control, like having other services that can integrate, and don't want to be yanked around by shutdowns?
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#65> I’m a Works with Nest developer. Will I be able to access and control Nest devices moving forward? > No. The Actions on Google Smart Home platform does not provide open API access to Nest devices, so it cannot be used to access and control Nest devices. Instead, managing and controlling Google Home, Nest, and thousands of third-party smart home devices is done through the Google Home app and the Google Assistant. W…
Yup, they just did a Twitter. I lived through the Twitter ecosystem collapse and now I'm a VC I worry about investing in startups that are built on any large ecosystem where there isn't an alignment of clear economic interest. Google of all people doing this just made it tougher for everyone else to maintain confidence in large vendor platforms.
No one should have expected Google to maintain focus on anything.
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#66I used to be a fan of Google. They were the good ones, the open ones. Ha! I’ve feel like they played the long sucker game. How times have changed. Even Android feels like a ruse. And Chrome. And maps.
The last thing will be search. At some point it’ll be curated for my own good.
To be fair, Everyone has to make a living, but be honest don’t take people for suckers of make them into suckers.
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#67Re: Google Is Turning Off the Works-with-Nest API
#68So my Nest app[1] that has 1800+ registered users will stop working in August. :'( [1] https://richev.me/nest
Look not to be blunt, but 1800 users? Why should they care?
I'm being a devils advocate, but ... if you were at Google and a person making large business decisions, why would you care about 1800 users?
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#69Literally bought a nest thermostat yesterday. Glad it's still in the box. Wondering what the best alternative is now.
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#70If you build a business around a Google CONSUMER device/service/api/whatever at this stage you are a fool.