Google announced the end of support for early Nest Thermostats in a support document earlier this year that largely flew under the radar. As of October 25, first and second generation units released in 2011 and 2012, respectively, will be unpaired and removed from the Google Nest or Google Home app.
Users will no longer be able to control their thermostats remotely via their smartphone, receive notifications, or change settings from a mobile device. End-of-support also disables third-party assistants and other cloud-based features including multi-device Eco mode and Nest Protect connectivity.
Buy something based on open standards and you won’t need to worry about this.
Problem is, 99% of people don’t even know what open standards are.
nah, just keep pumping into those corpos. one day they’ll stop abusing consumers, they “promise”.