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Re:Nest 1st gen and 2nd gen thermostats no longer supported ... by ryandrake on Friday September 05, 2025 @06:46PM (#45144567)
It's starting to look like when you buy any kind of electronics gizmo with a UI, your choices are limited to:

1. A non-smart device that will work forever but looks and feels like it's still in the 90s

2. A device with a nice, responsive UI, but destined for the landfill because it's chained to a cloud service.

Why are these things mutually exclusive? Across so many product categories, there's seemingly few or no options for a nice UI but without dependence on an Internet service that will inevitably shut down.

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Re:Nest 1st gen and 2nd gen thermostats no longer supported ... by OJFord on Friday September 05, 2025 @07:17PM (#45144856)
Because people won't pay (or the companies(' research) don't think they'll pay) much for the hardware, so it's a loss leader or barely profitable promotion for the subscription service.

Not that straightforwardly in Nest's particular case to be fair, but a lead in to other products, and Nest was perhaps bought by Google before having to worry too much about profit margins(?).

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