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▲ regnull 2 hours ago

Nest is a disaster. Same with their fire alarms. I spent a small fortune buying those, just to rip them out and dump into garbage. Google hardware - never again.

▲michaelmcdonald an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Did you move to a different “smart” smoke detector? Just go with an old school “dumb” one?

▲idunno246 5 minutes ago | parent [-]

not the parent, but when my nest protects died i switched to dumb ones. all co2 detectors expire after ten years, nest decided the appropriate action is to just brick it when they were ten years old. the only feature i really used was using the app to silence it when cooking got smoky. but theres very few options for smart ones, lack of interconnect compatibility got frustrating if i wanted to mix smart and dumb, and it would have easily cost twice as much(i have 6 detectors).

ive considered connecting the interconnect wire to my esp32 (that replaced the security system) and get it pushed into home assistant, but without the ability to silence, a push notification that it is going off just didnt seem worth it

▲tonymet 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

100% agree. i had a thermostat and 4 cameras. abysmal software, and the hardware started dying . The thermostat died after 3 years, due to faulty "smart" HVAC circuitry . The doorbell camera (with built in lithium battery, ) died after 5 years.

> $1200 in hardware, practically worthless.

▲SoftTalker 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Meanwhile my mercury-bulb thermostat from the 1960s still works perfectly.

▲deadmutex 14 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

They might've not regressed, but those things were bad UX.

Those things are really hard to control, and no scheduling, no remote control, no sensors, etc.

▲tonymet an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

i marvel at simple mechanical-electric solutions . e.g. toasters, simple coffee pots, thermostats. 100+ year duty cycles. amazing elegance and resilience

▲rr808 35 minutes ago | parent [-]

My wife bugs me to replace physical light switches with smart one. Sorry I'm too busy for that one lol.