r/Nest • u/daehoidar23 • 3d ago

Price increase on Nest Aware

I am annoyed at the arbitrary price increases leveraged by Google. This probably has no impact, but in case it might, here is a form for filing a Complaint: https://google.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2aStd8wsbcLGvwG

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u/Adventurous-Line1014 3d ago

They have to charge extra so they can afford to drop support for it a couple of years down the road

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u/db_zx6r 3d ago

software updates to brick perfectly functional devices costs money

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u/db_zx6r 3d ago

first time? 🐸☕️

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u/daehoidar23 3d ago

I think second price increase already. Starting to look into other options.

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u/JoeSmithDiesAtTheEnd 3d ago

Self hosting is the only path forward if you don’t want to be at the mercy of ever increasing prices.

Unifi is where it’s at these days. The ecosystem is very well documented on Reddit and YouTube, making it very easy to get started.

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u/daehoidar23 3d ago

Thank you!!

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u/Adventurous-Line1014 3d ago

Contrary to certain online postings these so-called bricked devices will continue to function as a paperweight for years to come.

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u/F15AV 2d ago

Nest / Google sucks

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u/Shadowsplay 2d ago

Have you been watching the news the last 6 months?

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u/ActualAd185 2d ago

I have it as part of my one deal... They are giving away more stuff on the One deals than before , so this is a good way to make the money up