Nest effectively bricks Revolv on May 15th

[Thijsvr]

Most of us know SmartThings. Revolv sort of did the same thing. This small box with a lot of different radios in it to communicate with many different protocols. About 17 months ago it got acquired by Nest. Now, on May 15th Nest has decided to no longer support Revolv or the servers running it. It says so on the main page of http://www.revolv.com. This results in having an app that won't open anymore and the hub not working anymore. Unless Nest changes their mind or someone finds a way to change the software you have a translucent, $300 doorstop.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/4/113629 ... e-products

This was exactly the kind of thing that kept me from jumping on SmartThings. That and vendor lock-in. I want full control over the things I own. Not be stuck with equipment that gets crippled or even worse, simply because a company doesn't want to maintain it anymore.

An interesting questions is raised in the article. With all this tech, IoT and otherwise, relying on a cloud or some phone-home system, who actually owns the product you bought? Not only is there a risk of the company stopping support and killing your device, there's also the risk of pricehikes on subscriptions. You have no control.

I love Domoticz, it's a bit more work than something like SmartThings or Revolv, but even if I have no internet connection at all it just works. SmartThings was actually cheaper than the setup I have now, but now it's all mine. Samsung, Nest, Apple, they can all fold, but my lights will continue to turn on when I get home like they always do.