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> We’ll stop accepting new WWN connections on August 31, 2019. > One of the most popular WWN features is to automatically trigger routines based on Home/Away s

by shakna 7y ago

> We’ll stop accepting new WWN connections on August 31, 2019. > One of the most popular WWN features is to automatically trigger routines based on Home/Away status. Later this year, we'll bring that same functionality to the Google Assistant and provide more device options for you to choose from. I'm sorry, but... What? You're sorry that you've caught developers and users by surprise, but the main functionality that they want won't appear until some unknown time in the future? And they should just trust you that this will actually happen after you yanked the carpet out from under them once already?

ElFitz 7y ago
> Later this year, we'll bring that same functionality... Coming from the company that promised geoqueries on Firestore two years ago but still hasn't delivered "Google. Don't believe a single word"
- nickflood 7y ago
  Don't believil
- lokedhs 7y ago
  Coming from a company that promised an API to post to G+, did nothing for years and then shut the entire service down. Background: I was the author of a mildly popular Google Buzz client.
lifeformed 7y ago
> You're sorry that you've caught developers and users by surprise Woah, woah, woah, hold up, I don't recall reading they said they were sorry at all.
hysan 7y ago
This coming from the company that removed the YouTube subscription collections feature promising they’d replace it with something better 4+ years ago.[1] Of course I’m still waiting on that promise to be fulfilled. [1]: https://support.google.com/youtube/forum/AAAAiuErobUSpDf7fr3uwE/?hl=en&gpf=%23!topic%2Fyoutube%2FSpDf7fr3uwE https://support.google.com/youtube/forum/AAAAiuErobUSpDf7fr3...
Animats 7y ago
One of the most popular WWN features is to automatically trigger routines based on Home/Away status. Is there an app for "nearby houses with good stuff where nobody is home".

by shakna 7y ago

ElFitz 7y ago

> Later this year, we'll bring that same functionality... Coming from the company that promised geoqueries on Firestore two years ago but still hasn't delivered "Google. Don't believe a single word"

nickflood 7y ago
Don't believil
lokedhs 7y ago
Coming from a company that promised an API to post to G+, did nothing for years and then shut the entire service down. Background: I was the author of a mildly popular Google Buzz client.

lifeformed 7y ago

> You're sorry that you've caught developers and users by surprise Woah, woah, woah, hold up, I don't recall reading they said they were sorry at all.

hysan 7y ago

This coming from the company that removed the YouTube subscription collections feature promising they’d replace it with something better 4+ years ago.[1] Of course I’m still waiting on that promise to be fulfilled. [1]: https://support.google.com/youtube/forum/AAAAiuErobUSpDf7fr3uwE/?hl=en&gpf=%23!topic%2Fyoutube%2FSpDf7fr3uwE https://support.google.com/youtube/forum/AAAAiuErobUSpDf7fr3...

Animats 7y ago

One of the most popular WWN features is to automatically trigger routines based on Home/Away status. Is there an app for "nearby houses with good stuff where nobody is home".