<story><title>Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/05/nest-the-company-died-at-google-io-2019/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>scarface74</author><text>Or end up like people investing in “smart homes” in the 90s.&lt;p&gt;Remember when built in intercom systems in the home were considered advanced?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;510559&amp;#x2F;what-smart-home-technology-looked-1980s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;510559&amp;#x2F;what-smart-home-techno...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>stirkac</author><text>This is why I would never invest too much into Smart Home. While my phone may be expected to last for a few years only, I don&amp;#x27;t want my house deprecated because of a takeover&amp;#x2F;bankruptcy of a company.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JorgeGT</author><text>They had quite advanced smart homes back in the 80s: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=0BHIknNa6Eg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=0BHIknNa6Eg&lt;/a&gt; (and to Nest shame, they still service it! &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;unitysystemshomemanager.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;unitysystemshomemanager.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;)</text></comment>
<story><title>Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/05/nest-the-company-died-at-google-io-2019/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>scarface74</author><text>Or end up like people investing in “smart homes” in the 90s.&lt;p&gt;Remember when built in intercom systems in the home were considered advanced?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;510559&amp;#x2F;what-smart-home-technology-looked-1980s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;510559&amp;#x2F;what-smart-home-techno...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>stirkac</author><text>This is why I would never invest too much into Smart Home. While my phone may be expected to last for a few years only, I don&amp;#x27;t want my house deprecated because of a takeover&amp;#x2F;bankruptcy of a company.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nabla9</author><text>All the dot-com bubble era business ideas are new again.&lt;p&gt;- digital currencies&lt;p&gt;- smartwatches&lt;p&gt;- smart homes (Bill gates had his house &amp;#x27;smart homed&amp;#x27; to the wazoo with tens of NT servers taking care of everything, like switching lights on and off)&lt;p&gt;- food delivery startups Webvan, Kozmo,&lt;p&gt;- livestreaming (JenniCam)</text></comment>