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

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280 points RyanShook | 2 comments | 05 Sep 25 21:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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boringg ◴[05 Sep 25 22:29 UTC] No.45144424[source]▶
NEST protect has been a thorn in my side. Aside from just completely eating batteries - it constantly has to reconnect.

I wish the internet of things was soo much better than it is. There was a dream once of a world that worked efficiently, and then profit models came in and destroyed it.

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asdff ◴[06 Sep 25 00:05 UTC] No.45145163[source]▶
That parallel universe exists its just on aliexpress.com not amazon.com. Cheap hardware and open protocols as promised.
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1. boringg ◴[06 Sep 25 15:44 UTC] No.45150275[source]▶
Fair but how many hours of tinkering do you need to do to maintain them...
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2. asdff ◴[06 Sep 25 22:16 UTC] No.45153388[source]▶
Not much at all. Setup is pretty easy with a lot of guides out there for setting up open hardware on open standards. Once its set up its rock solid forever unless you decide to change something for whatever reason. Way better than the alternative where the company decides to push an update no one asked for and breaks some feature you relied upon or enshittifies the device without your consent.