atcorebcorJan 31

If you have a fitbit, no longer possible to avoid Google

https://sh.itjust.works/post/54447809

Show threadJumbieJan 31

This is exactly how they worded warnings for my Nest Thermostat before one day killing the service and trying to upsell me a newer, more expensive model.

It’s time to say goodbye to Fitbit before Fitbit says goodbye to you.

Google kills every service it touches.

This tracker site also goes further back but around 2019 I suspect it was also . . . Killed by Google.

Killed by Google

Killed by Google is the open source list of dead Google products, services, and devices. It serves as a tribute and memorial of beloved services and products killed by Google.

Killed by Google
Show threadBroken
Oh but the best part about Nest is that if you don’t upgrade it doesn’t go offline. It stays online sending data back to Google. So it’s not like they pulled the plug, they just pulled the plug on service because they wanted to and they’ll still sell your data for profit. Double whammy.
Jan 31 at 5:10pmWeb
Show threadJumbieJan 31
Fuck.
Show threadskuzzJan 31
If you do a Takeout request of Nest data, you will find a hundreds of megs JSON file with every change you made to your thermostat, every time you walked by it, any data it could harvest. A breadcrumb trail of your entire home life.
Show threadW98BSoDJan 31

Unless you flash it to not talk to Google anymore.

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