While an interesting idea, that project wants what amounts to the cost of a new thermostat in exchange for a kickstarter project. Might as well just buy a new thermostat.
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masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
There is an open source project to replace the innards:
reddig33@lemmy.world 1 week ago
masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Omg, an sustainable, repairable, and open source project costs the same as a closed source, non repairable, locked down option … Those are *totally the same thing!
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duffer@lemmy.world 6 days ago
No longer evil has released a firmware hack which redirects the nest to the no longer evil servers.
It works a treat and the web interface is slick.
There isn’t an app yet.
I did mine last night. Unfortunately I have already replaced my thermostat.