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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/05/nest-the-company-died-at-google-io-2019/

I'm very glad I never purchased into the nest stack as it seems like most other commercial home automation platforms they either shutdown or kill the integration API.





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  # 2235248 12-May-2019 08:51
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Mmm I have a nest thermostat, got an email about this from them and will have to do some reading up as I use the api to connect it to Home Assistant.

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Google starting to erect a wall around their garden?

Hopefully Apple, Amazon and Google aren't going to make third party vendors 'Pick a Side'.




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  # 2235381 12-May-2019 13:46
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There were of course likely disadvantages to Nest being so separated before see e.g. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/23/how-nest-designed-keep-intruders-out-peoples-homes-effectively-allowed-hackers-get/ and https://9to5google.com/2019/04/23/nest-google-login-securiy/

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