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Google's Nest closing smart-home company Revolv, bricking devices
Nest, a smart-home company owned by Google's holding company Alphabet, is dropping support for a line of products - and will make customers' existing devices completely useless.
It's a move that has infuriated some customers, and raises worrying questions about the rights of consumers in the ever-more connected future.
In October 2014, Nest acquired Revolv, a smart-home device maker, nine months after it was itself bought by Google. The terms of the Revolv deal were not disclosed, and as Re/code reported at the time, the deal was an acqui-hire - buying a company for its talent rather than its products or users.
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Seems like we're headed for an Internet of Useless Things. This reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut's book "Player Piano".
Bill Horne Moderator