Early pre-Google Nest had this innovative underdog vibe (with the father of the iPod to boot!) but floundered on their own soon after they ran out of ideas beyo

Early pre-Google Nest had this innovative underdog vibe (with the father of the iPod to boot!) but floundered on their own soon after they ran out of ideas beyond the thermostat. I bought into the hype and was disappointed it didn’t amount to much. WIRED had a profile touting post-thermostat Nest but.. it never made it off the ground. I have no idea how an unheard-of company like Inovelli managed to bring some solid home automation products to market in a matter of several years, while Nest just sat around cupping their hand and smelling their farts.