Discussion (385 points, 2 months ago, 141 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45813343
Should Nest have allowed itself to be acquired by Google?
Why did Google add internet connection and internet server dependencies to thermostats?
Probably not, but at the time Google had a better reputation than it does today and I’m guessing Tony had gotten bored by that point.
I don’t have firsthand knowledge regarding the timeline, but I believe the entire product concept for nest required an internet connection and internet server dependencies, didn’t it? Like a fallback mode makes sense and I’m pretty sure there was one, but a lot of the capabilities they were targeting needed internet capabilities. For example could you control the thermostat with your phone only after the acquisition? I think that happened before, and I think it was a foundational part of the concept?
Google didn’t, Nest did before Google purchased them.
Do you have any connection to Tony Fadell or Matt Rogers, or is your username just some happy accident?
This looks like an account created just to answer in this post with whatever garbage content
Why did Google add internet connection and internet server dependencies to thermostats?
Should we have trusted their closed-source thermostat code given the way they've just canceled 1st and 2nd gen devices?
Google Home now has a 3 yr retention policy on everything; whereas Gemini API customers have already negotiated a no retention policy. And they're cancelling Google Assistant, so that's their only option now.
It seems like you don’t have any idea what you’re talking about. There are lots of areas where I have no idea what I’m talking about, but I tend not to confidently interject in those areas. I’m curious what makes you feel differently?