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After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat
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this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
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Why is nobody here asking for a local API? Are we as techies just accepting that this NEEDS a server component run by the manufacturer?
I don't understand the mindset of people who buy these things in the first place. Occasionally there's an article like, "guy's entire house suddenly inoperable after Amazon ban," people just don't think that will happen to them? It is local control on a standardized protocol or nothing for me.
Today yes, not 16 years ago.