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Preface: please don't tell us why we shouldn't use a smart thermostat.

I'll probably need to go on a video rant about this, but smart thermostats are rapidly getting dumber.

My folks got a new heat pump system in the spring. It needed a new two-stage thermostat and the company offered an Ecobee.

"Great!" I thought. People kept telling me Ecobee is better than Nest, and I've had major frustrations with the new Nest thermostat.

Folks. It's just bad in different but equally maddening ways.

comicsansgreenkirby

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> I'll probably need to go on a video rant about this
honestly sounds like it'd zoom out to a rant about the Internet of S :toucan: .

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There's gems in the rubble (like ), but it just seems to be devolving into:

⚠️TRADE OFFER⚠️

YOU RECEIVE:
- a weird ESP32 module with a relay taped to it (a 'smart' outlet). needs to reach <dying tech startup> to work at all
- chinesium software button that only your phone and voice assistants can use after installing the app and binding yourself to 3 different EULAs

I RECEIVE:
- your personal info and contacts
- access to your home wifi
- strangely specific data about your phone

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slightly off-topic: why the :toucan: does a , a hockey puck of a vacuum robot, need a CAMERA

*ahem* oh right. PR wants me to call it an "optical sensor"
(though I think roborock advertises it like that)

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