Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old smart-home devices

Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by scrollaway on Monday April 04, 2016 @02:26PM (#11424138)

Early adopters are people too.

Of course, that doesn't mean they're not pissed off, so nothing in your comment invalidates the parent's.

Edit: I assumed ill intent. Corrected it.

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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by jimrandomh on Monday April 04, 2016 @02:29PM (#11424163)

I read that slightly differently; selectively pissing off early adopters is worse, since they disproportionately influence products' odds of success.

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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by joezydeco on Monday April 04, 2016 @02:31PM (#11424174)

Exactly. Google thrives on early adopters waiting in line for and spinning up their newest shiny thing. Sorry if the sarcasm was lost there.

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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by scrollaway on Monday April 04, 2016 @04:25PM (#11425278)

It was lost on me, yes. Thanks for clearing it up.

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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by astrodust on Monday April 04, 2016 @03:25PM (#11424637)

Nothing says "fuck you" quite like pissing all over the people that helped make your platform a success by being the first to commit to your product.

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