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Not only do they now force you to have a Google account and Google Assistant (via Android or Google Home) to take full advantage of your Nest now, but they also
by wizzard 7y ago
Not only do they now force you to have a Google account and Google Assistant (via Android or Google Home) to take full advantage of your Nest now, but they also pretty much gutted the API in the name of "privacy." Ironic.
I was looking to play with my historical data to try and figure out how my two heating and cooling systems were interacting, but that data is no longer available to non-grandfathered developers. The only way to access my own data from my super-technologically-advanced-device-owned-by-Google is by ordering a dump of CSV files.
- ethbro 7y agoI don't think anyone in the tech world believes Google killed integration features in the name of privacy. The fact that that's the PR spin they chose points to how poorly managed the entire division must be. If you want more control, just say it.
- wizzard 7y agoIt's definitely a convenient excuse if you just want to be lazy. I certainly can't imagine how any Nest developer could abuse my private data any worse than Google already does. God forbid any third party should find out -- with my permission! -- what my thermostat was set to last Monday.
- techslave 7y agoyou have only yourself to be angry with
- wizzard 7y agoHow so? I bought into Nest long before it was bought by Google. Should I have been able to predict all this somehow?