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

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280 points RyanShook | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 21:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jajuuka ◴[05 Sep 25 22:28 UTC] No.45144413[source]▶
Didn't those come out in 2012? That's better than most appliances.
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asdff ◴[06 Sep 25 00:07 UTC] No.45145185[source]▶
Most thermostats last for decades and decades. It is simple equipment.
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jajuuka ◴[06 Sep 25 01:35 UTC] No.45145769[source]▶
Kind of an apples and oranges comparison though. Analog and simple digital thermostats are very simple while something like the nest is running 32-bit OS. Complexity increases cost.
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willis936 ◴[06 Sep 25 02:40 UTC] No.45146155[source]▶
>Complexity increases cost

Not really. The BOM of a smart thermostat is nearly equal to a dumb one right now. What adds cost is reliability. Hardware reliability costs engineering time and expensive component choices. Software reliability requires engineering resources and a mindset beyond optimizing quarterly returns.

There is no legitimate reason a fancy thermostat should be e-waste after ten years.

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1. asdff ◴[07 Sep 25 00:44 UTC] No.45154265{3}[source]▶
To be fair the cheapest thermostat sold at homedepot is probably super reliable since it is using a very simple hardware stack. It isn't like this stuff really ought to go wrong very often. Maybe you break a solder I guess over a lot of heat/cool cycles? It's just a thermometer and a switch.