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by jeffbee 578 days ago
Isn't this a $20 Honeywell-level set of features? Mine definitely does all of the things implied by the mock.
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Yes, very basic thermostats can do this. But the interface shown here is far superior, which I think is the point.
it's also much less flexible than existing i.e. Junkers setups in Europe, if my workdays are Wed-Sun instead of Mon-Fri the UX is already broken.

The misconception is that such scheduled configurations need to be changed frequently, in 99% of the cases a proper thermostat should be configured once and barely touched again after that.

People who react on the impulse "I want it warmer right now" -> "uh, now it's too warm" and keep changing the settings are just wasting energy...