This is exactly why I didn't buy one of these or the Amazon version. I didn't trust that the devices would work as long as they could function and was correct.
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2025
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I bought one a bunch of years ago. Maybe 10 years. It worked fine. Did it's thing. Then for no reason google chooses to kill it. Fool me once.
Then for no reason google chooses to kill it.
That's kind of their thing.
I wondered how long it would take for that url to pop up. I will never ever rely on any Google product. Except maybe Gmail but I have an alternative plan should that go belly up.
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This isn’t “end of support.”
This is “loss of functionality.”
Totally inexcusable.
Samsung did something similar with one of their tablets when they remotely removed an app that provided an IR remote function - a primary reason for my purchase. Samsung's support not so politely told me, "Too fucking bad." when I objected.
There was something I could do about it though. Even though a replacement 3rd party app was less than $5 I haven't purchased another Samsung consumer product or service in almost a decade.
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Yeah. And even "loss of functionality" makes it sound passive; as if it just happened by accident. They Intentionally broke a working product.
Heh I guess this is my work self showing through. I’m a software developer and “loss of function” is a very severe term to me :D it’s only surpassed by loss of data, accessibility/legal issue, and security/privacy breach. On the less severe end we have loss of telemetry, degraded function (meaning there’s still a workaround) degraded performance, and finally cosmetic defect.
No it isn't. I have one of these, the only loss of function is remote internet settings, which was a stupid feature. It was an escalator, it's now become stairs. It still works fine as a thermostat, except Communist countries no longer know my house temperature.
Amazing how tech heads focus on minor shit like this with the long list of problems currently facing Fascist America.
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Dumb thermostats last for multiple decades.
As do smart thermostats that don't rely on the continued goodwill of any corporation to function.
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I've got one of those with bi-metallic strips, it's 35 years old, works no problem.
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Jokes on them, I block my Nest from talking to the Internet so my electrical company cannot control the damned thing. They had control even after I opted out and Google insisted they unenrolled me in the energy savings plan. Don't enroll in these plans [insert it's a trap gif].
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This sort of thing is one of the reasons I chose a RainMachine irrigation controller over other options, because they specifically marketed their cloud-independent firmware design. It was vindicated a couple years ago when they started going defunct and grasped for recurring revenue by billing for proxied remote access, but even then they emphasized that everything else would continue to function without their servers.
The onus is on the consumer to reward cloud-independent designs like this. While it has been sad to see RainMachine’s collapse, my device indeed just keeps working. Hopefully it isn’t ultimately killed by firmware or app security vulnerabilities since it’s now thoroughly unmaintained.
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