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Google announces 1st and 2nd gen Nest Thermostats will lose support in October 2025 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I remember when my age old Honeywell thermostat went out of support - oh wait no I don't because it's a fucking thermostat.

Seriously if you ever needed a reason not to smartify your home, here is a pretty damn good one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

The lesson I think is only buy devices with local apis and avoid google services entirely. I have tons of smart devices in my house now but I require local control and they all sit on an isolated VLAN with no internet. The nest is the last remaining device that I haven't switched over yet. Its 8 years old, I didn't think about any of those things 8 years ago. Live and learn I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Smartifying the home is awesome. Just make sure everything runs locally in addition to self hosting Homeassistant - and you're golden.