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The only “google” thing in my home is a nest. That’s only because G acquired the company years back. Only thing they added was forcing users to migrate Nest acc
by xyst 2y ago
The only “google” thing in my home is a nest. That’s only because G acquired the company years back. Only thing they added was forcing users to migrate Nest account to G.
Honestly might disconnect the nest from the network. But only keep it connected and segmented from rest of network for remotely changing the temp from my phone.
One of these days I’ll “hack” (explore) the device so it doesn’t rely on Nest/Google APIs. There’s absolutely no reason why I need a Google auth token to access the Nest other than for Google to collect whatever data and feed to their beast
- cheald 2y agoLast I looked, there was essentially no good programmatic route into local Nest control, unlike most home automation devices which use wifi/bluetooth/zwave/zigbee. I replaced my Nests with a couple of $25 Centralite Zigbee thermostats and drive it via HomeAssistant running on a Raspberry Pi, and I'm significantly happier with it than I ever was with the Nest.