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>Complexity increases cost Not really. The BOM of a smart thermostat is nearly equal to a dumb one right now. What adds cost is reliability. Hardware reliab
by willis936 1y ago
>Complexity increases cost
Not really. The BOM of a smart thermostat is nearly equal to a dumb one right now. What adds cost is reliability. Hardware reliability costs engineering time and expensive component choices. Software reliability requires engineering resources and a mindset beyond optimizing quarterly returns.
There is no legitimate reason a fancy thermostat should be e-waste after ten years.
- asdff 1y agoTo be fair the cheapest thermostat sold at homedepot is probably super reliable since it is using a very simple hardware stack. It isn't like this stuff really ought to go wrong very often. Maybe you break a solder I guess over a lot of heat/cool cycles? It's just a thermometer and a switch.