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Tell everyone homeowner you ever meet when talking about homes or real estate about how bad IoT is. Destroy the market until they do better.
Actually it’s very convenient to have control of the thermostat remotely. The lesson here (once again) is just: don’t buy hardware from Google
All sellers of devices of this nature will eventually do this, if they can. It is a sad fact in my opinion.
So it looks like these models are over 10 years old I'm not trying to be a shill for a trillion dollar company but I'd probably put up with the annoyance of swapping the thermostat once every 10+ years over switching to a different company if I was happy with it.
If I pay for something and you don't tell me upfront on the box that it only supported until a certain date in big bold letters (like smoke detectors do). I'm never going to buy a product from you again.
They could at least have the decency to unlock+open-source the thing. Offering a 50% discount on the next generation sounds pretty shitty.
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If I pay for something and you don't tell me upfront on the box that it only supported until a certain date in big bold letters (like smoke detectors do). I'm never going to buy a product from you again.
I doubt in practice what you are saying is true. It would appear to disqualify owning a smart phone or a laptop.