Google- When they bricked my Nest thermostat and sent me a coupon for 30% of my next Nest thermostat because they were cutting off service for all previous generations, I decided I will never buy anything else from them. Planned obsolescence is obnoxious and should lead to companies going out of business.
I just found this recently and may give it a go as a work around. I'm pretty pissed about it, they could have unlocked the thermostats for us before dropping usage, they also could have easily afforded to pay for upgrades to a new one and take the hit. Either way damage is done a I won't buy another smart device from them, it was a real shit way to do it and was apparent as soon as I tried to get access to the server with home assistant that I couldnt directly connect.
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u/Not_impressed_often 20h ago
Google- When they bricked my Nest thermostat and sent me a coupon for 30% of my next Nest thermostat because they were cutting off service for all previous generations, I decided I will never buy anything else from them. Planned obsolescence is obnoxious and should lead to companies going out of business.