Google announced the end of support for early Nest Thermostats in a support document earlier this year that largely flew under the radar. As of October 25, first and second generation units released in 2011 and 2012, respectively, will be unpaired and removed from the Google Nest or Google Home app.
Users will no longer be able to control their thermostats remotely via their smartphone, receive notifications, or change settings from a mobile device. End-of-support also disables third-party assistants and other cloud-based features including multi-device Eco mode and Nest Protect connectivity.
Here is a rule for you: ‘Anything prefixed with SMART, isn’t.’
It doesn’t matter that google weren’t primarily collecting that data. If they weren’t buying it off nest before they acquired the company, the fact that people were prepared to provide nest with that data is what caused them to acquire nest.
I see the upvotes. Sorry, but you people are so ignorant no wonder you were played so hard.