misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoAfter 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostatwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkAfter 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostatwww.theverge.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareRagingSnarkasm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago16 years? That’s like 8 separate Google project lifetimes.
minus-squaresramder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThey just killed my nest cameras, but the thermostat is still supported. I was planning on replacing it with an ecobee this year just because API access is kind of a pain but this is giving me some second thoughts.
minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoKilled, as in the thing you paid for is basically worthless now? That’s not just planned obsolescence, it’s forced obsolescence
16 years? That’s like 8 separate Google project lifetimes.
That’s 591 Mooches haha
They just killed my nest cameras, but the thermostat is still supported. I was planning on replacing it with an ecobee this year just because API access is kind of a pain but this is giving me some second thoughts.
Killed, as in the thing you paid for is basically worthless now?
That’s not just planned obsolescence, it’s forced obsolescence