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Google won't bring new Nest Thermostats to Europe (www.engadget.com)
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[–] CocaineShrimp@lemm.ee 78 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Heating systems in Europe are unique and have a variety of hardware and software requirements that make it challenging to build for the diverse set of homes

AKA. Europe probably has hardware and software requirements that make it so Google can't

A) Harvest your data; and/or B) Must be able to function without an internet connection (aka. they can't kill it)

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

European heating system:

[–] ik5pvx@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

TBF, I have those AND a programmable thermostat.