> But if you buy a Nest, you're buying a network-connected device. A decade replacement cycle for network-connected computing devices is not crazy.

It should be, though. Okay, I get spare parts not being available after 10 years, particularly the "smart" chips simply don't get produced any more. But firmware and API support? How fucking hard can it be for a company raking in 90 fucking billion dollars in a single quarter of a year to keep a dozen people on payroll to keep the old servers, APIs and build tooling for the firmware up to date?!

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