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I did. Outright killing the Nest Secure without warning nor compensation was my final straw. Say what you will about Apple, at least they support their products
by baggachipz 3y ago
I did. Outright killing the Nest Secure without warning nor compensation was my final straw. Say what you will about Apple, at least they support their products for a reasonable amount of time. I have since removed all Google apps from my phone. I purchased a Starling Home Hub[1] (works great btw) which controls my Nest thermostats, which will not be replaced with a Nest product when Google inevitably kills them too early.
Nest was such a great product and brand, and Google completely fucked it up.
[1]https://www.starlinghome.io/ https://www.starlinghome.io/
- cjrp 3y agoI had no idea this existed, that's awesome for Nest users - thanks!
- 6sp 3y agoReasonable amount of time is an understatement I purchased an Apple Airport router probably over ten years ago for my parents and it still works flawlessly to this day and receives security updates despite it being discontinued for five years now. The older version has been discontinued longer and it too still receives iirc.
- nunez 3y agoI recommend Ecobee for thermostats. Excellent product, excellent app, and from what I understand, excellent customer support.
- baggachipz 3y agoCompared to the Nest ones about 7 years ago, I wasn't blown away by Ecobee. However, it'll probably be what I get when Google bricks my Nests.
- jsbisviewtiful 3y agoWe are in the same boat, my friend. We bought a Nest Secure, Cameras and the Nest Yale Deadbolt because of their connectivity... Then Google randomly axes support for the Secure, instantly nixing the reason why we bought the Deadbolt. The Nest app is also CONSTANTLY bugging us to switch to the Google Home app. I didn't purchase Nest items to use with the Google Home app!