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After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat (www.theverge.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 89 points 7 months ago (2 children)

16 years? That's like 8 separate Google project lifetimes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

That’s 591 Mooches haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Killed, as in the thing you paid for is basically worthless now?

That's not just planned obsolescence, it's forced obsolescence

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

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.