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First and 2nd gen Nest Thermostats will lose support in Oct 2025 (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So fucking what? Stop repeating this shitty, weak argument over and over again.

There is absolutely no logical reason why they can't continue to support it, no matter how old it gets. A 20-year-old computer can run modern Linux just fine with security updates, why can't a 12-year-old thermostat that is also running on a heavily modified Linux?

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because you have to pay developers to maintain it. Developers are expensive. At some point it doesn't make sense to keep doing that, so products are end of lifed.

You're more than welcome to attempt to flash a custom firmware on it, though. I'm sure there are devs working on it.

Also, that 20 year old computer is running a general purpose OS that is designed to work on just about any system. The OS on a smart device, especially one from 2014, is heavily customized