Next month, Google is going to make some Nest thermostats not-so-smart.
This can never happen with a #HestiaPi. It's not even possible because it doesn't depend on some third party cloud service. Everything is run inside your home, and it's yours, forever. ❤️
The HestiaPi is also #repairable and #upgradable. In summary, it's better by design.
#OpenSource #hardware #OpenHardware #FOSS #diy #electronics
Is this Nest a case of #enshitification
Yes. In fairness, they did support it for a decade, but the design decisions made in 2015 sealed their fate. They're not going to keep running their servers forever.
That's why the HestiaPi doesn't connect to any remote servers. It's all run locally so nobody can cut you off, not even me. That's simply a superior design.
What's especially messed up about the Google Nest thing is that these are thermostats people paid $100+ for and they own them. They shouldn't get the rug pulled out from under them like this.
Customers should be able to expect that their thermostats will work as well as they did when they bought it. At a bare minimum, Google should release the server side source code so people can run their own server to maintain the ability to connect to their thermostat over wifi.
Yeah, they've got my panties in a bunch by pulling stunts like this. This is rancid!
You can still use Google Nest thermostat with this #opensource #software
Nice! It's unfortunate that the person running that website is collecting people's email addresses when clicking the "getting started" button. Glad to see there is a self-hosted option buried on the github page. Not sure why there is any other option... ☹️
