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Nest 1st gen and 2nd gen thermostats no longer supported from Oct 25

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280 points RyanShook | 6 comments | 05 Sep 25 21:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.733s | source | bottom
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dreamcompiler ◴[05 Sep 25 22:58 UTC] No.45144685[source]▶
"Dumb" home devices work as expected for 25-50 years, and then you replace them.

"Smart" home devices work as expected for about a year and then they fail in new and exciting ways, and then you replace them.

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1. userbinator ◴[06 Sep 25 00:30 UTC] No.45145349[source]▶
I have one of these: https://i.redd.it/629z71qmiq0c1.jpg

It will probably last over a century.

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2. drfuchs ◴[06 Sep 25 01:37 UTC] No.45145781[source]▶
And when it finally dies and is disposed of, the mercury in the internal (ingenious) mechanism will likely end up in the wild. P.s. They came in colors? I only ever saw them in tan, which virtually everyone had half a century ago.
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3. acidburnNSA ◴[06 Sep 25 02:28 UTC] No.45146083[source]▶
My mom had these. After 25 years they started rapidly cycling the furnace which burned out line 3 ignitors in rapid succession. Now replaced with smarter digital but not networked ones that throttle it a bit more.
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4. BenjiWiebe ◴[06 Sep 25 02:51 UTC] No.45146216[source]▶
The ad mentions you can easily paint it, so I think it just came in "silver-bronze".
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6. gooseyman ◴[06 Sep 25 03:59 UTC] No.45146483[source]▶
My mom still has these. In gold. It has outlasted two boilers.