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Re:Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019 by HeWhoLurksLate on Friday May 10, 2019 @11:52AM (#19878932)
Honestly, I think that smart home stuff is really cool, and also that I don't want anything (okay, much) from the current spread of commercial offerings.

What I do want to do is put a ESP board with an IR receiver and a servo on a lightswitch in my basement so that I can turn on and off the lights without moving from the couch.

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Re:Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019 by craigsmansion on Friday May 10, 2019 @12:40PM (#19879502)
Smart home stuff is really cool, if you build it yourself. Other than that it just feels like keeping up with the Joneses, with the notable exception of the disabled, for whom mass-produced smart home stuff must be a Godsend. So I guess all the geek/tech-posturing does have an upside.
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