@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoAfter 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostatwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1370
arrow-up1370external-linkAfter 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostatwww.theverge.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square117fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish90•1 year ago16 years? That’s like 8 separate Google project lifetimes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoKilled, as in the thing you paid for is basically worthless now? That’s not just planned obsolescence, it’s forced obsolescence
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoYeah. Although they were honestly long past their prime, and I wasn’t using them anymore so it’s hard to be upset. They could even be set in RSTP mode before they dropped support from the app, so they could still be useful.
16 years? That’s like 8 separate Google project lifetimes.
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
Yeah. Although they were honestly long past their prime, and I wasn’t using them anymore so it’s hard to be upset.
They could even be set in RSTP mode before they dropped support from the app, so they could still be useful.