So totally this. I refused to buy a Nest for exactly this reason. In the words of the Cluetrain manifesto: 'We are not seats or eyeballs or end users or consume

So totally this. I refused to buy a Nest for exactly this reason. In the words of the Cluetrain manifesto: 'We are not seats or eyeballs or end users or consumers. We are human beings - and our reach exceeds your grasp. Deal with it.' I'm not here to be monetized by being glued to the hip to your infrastructure that may go away for any number of reasons (technical or non) and make my property suddenly stop working.