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by z3ugma 325 days ago
The goals have been 1. to help recycle hardware and keep it out of a landfill but more importantly 2. to have an open source thermostat with beautiful design. Nest cared a lot about the aesthetics. as do the people with whom I share my living space and for whom a thermostat has a minimum prettiness acceptable. The Honeywell/ZWave landscape has not shown itself to be "pretty" to me for the most part.