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A comment on Google’s outage meant some Nest users couldn’t unlock doors or use the AC.

Re:Google’s outage meant some Nest users couldn’t unlock doo... by kokx on Monday June 03, 2019 @08:14AM (#20082322)
It is too bad that it has come to this. To me, a door that cannot be unlocked if it loses internet access or that I cannot change my heating or AC, is unacceptable.

I have some privacy concerns when it comes to Nest and similar services. But in the end, this is more important. This shows that if Google decides to pull the plug on Nest, or decrease functionality (as they already did), I cannot use (a part of) the device I bought.

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Re:Google’s outage meant some Nest users couldn’t unlock doo... by avidal on Monday June 03, 2019 @08:16AM (#20082338)
The tweet is misleading. He mounted his TV on top of his thermostat[0]; and I'm sure he knew full-well that it meant he wouldn't be able to change the temperature without the app.

[0] https://twitter.com/jDantastic/status/1135313567346036741

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Re:Google’s outage meant some Nest users couldn’t unlock doo... by arayh on Monday June 03, 2019 @09:47AM (#20083003)
doors can still be unlocked... this "article" is very misleading.
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