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Re:Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019 by TheCraiggers on Friday May 10, 2019 @11:16AM (#19878548)
Everyone has different use cases. Some people just want to show a cool thing off to their friends, or even to prove they can do something at that scale. Silly? Perhaps, but who am I to judge their hobbies?

Personally, I do find things like HVAC automation nice. If I forget to turn the thermostat down when I leave for a trip, I can do so remotely and that is real savings. Everyone has their use cases though.

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Re:Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019 by nerdkid93 on Friday May 10, 2019 @04:45PM (#19882059)
Absolutely agree with the HVAC automation. I love being able to remotely change settings and glean a little bit of data from my home when I'm away from home. The only other super tempting "smart home" products I'd be tempted to use would be electrical monitoring sensors to analyze phantom power usage and identify when devices are turning on and off throughout the day.
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