[timellis-smith]

For me this is also a major failure of poor competition policy.

If Google's smart home system were an independent company, it would love or die by its ability to do its job. But Nest can just piggy back on Google's brand power.

[kwertyoowiyop]

As Lily Tomlin used to say in her comedy skits: “We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company!”

[bombcar]

BestBuy killed their IoT HomeKit compatible switches and stuff years ago, but they 1. still work and 2. still work with HomeKit if they were installed/connected before they took down the IoT servers.