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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: 0.206s | source
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RyanShook ◴[05 Sep 25 23:42 UTC] No.45145024[source]▶
Can someone at Google explain why the company can’t end formal support for the thermostat but make the API open? It’s a thermostat. It has 3 real functions - cool, heat, fan. What could it possibly hurt to let owners access the endpoints without touching Google servers?
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1. fastest963 ◴[07 Sep 25 13:18 UTC] No.45157917[source]▶
With a big company like Google I'm sure lawyers are the ones preventing an open API and not the developers. The API is a liability for Google. It could infringe on patents or it could have a bug.