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• 1970-01-01 1y ago
  Nest before Google (Nest Gen 1 and 2) was a small tech startup.
  • morshu9001 1y ago
    That doesn't really make it better, unless they had a stricter privacy policy.
    • 1970-01-01 1y ago
      They did! https://web.archive.org/web/20120108154346/http://www.nest.com/privacy-statement/#:~:text=Under%20no%20circumstance%20will%20we%20share%20PII%20for%20any%20commercial%20or%20marketing%20purpose%20unrelated%20to%20the%20delivery%20of%20the%20Nest%20service%20without%20asking%20you%20first.%20Period. https://web.archive.org/web/20120108154346/http://www.nest.c...
      • morshu9001 1y ago
        Oh LOL
• dare944 1y ago
  Where did you get the idea there was a subscription?
• stickfigure 1y ago
  1. There is no subscription. 2. I paid less than $200 for it. 3. The device lets me control the thermostat remotely. I can turn on the heater when coming home from a trip, or turn it off if I forgot when I left. 4. I can just say "Hey Google, turn up the heat" out loud. I don't care if Google knows about the temperature of my home. I absolutely would buy the product again.
• tomhow 1y ago
  Please don't fulminate on HN. You can make these points without the rage; the guidelines require that if we're going to participate here. They also ask us to avoid generic tangents. This post is about an open-source firmware to run on devices, not people's motivation to buy the devices in the first place. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html