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Re:Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s b... by 52-6F-62 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @04:18PM (#19039614)
My girlfriend has a Nest at her work which saved her last week when the power cycled and the heating system turned off. She was able to restart it from home.

I wouldn't be so thrilled to have a thermostat that requires internet to function at home. Or is that only for those networked features?

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Re:Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s b... by buckminster on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @05:09PM (#19040120)
A dumb heater with a dumb mechanical timer connected to a dumb thermostat would have restarted too.
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Re:Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s b... by 52-6F-62 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @05:22PM (#19040212)
It wouldn't have been sufficient to save the buildings pipes in -30°C in a restaurant full of embedded draft lines, however.

Nest did give her control over the entire building's system. IIRC it was actually an employee that shut the system off after a power cycle/outage thinking they were protecting the equipment, but failed to restart it. If she hadn't had the insight the system would have been off all night.

I think it has its perks.

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