Just experienced this. Google killed Works with Nest and then Nest Secure. This prompted me to rethink my whole Smart Home strategy, dropping Google where possible, replacing SmartThings with Hubitat, and removing any device that wasn’t standards based (e.g. WiFi devices since k retractions are software based.)
I’ve had a more reliable system since and am actually able to enjoy Home Automation again.
Just experienced this. Google killed Works with Nest and then Nest Secure. This prompted me to rethink my whole Smart Home strategy, dropping Google where possible, replacing SmartThings with Hubitat, and removing any device that wasn’t standards based (e.g. WiFi devices since k retractions are software based.)
I’ve had a more reliable system since and am actually able to enjoy Home Automation again.
Everything Google is a beta. They never see things through and cancel products and services Willy-Nilly.
Google TV (Logitech Revue) made me weary of Google products
Killing Nest integrations made me move away from Google smart devices
Removing Google Play Music so I couldn’t play my music on Google Home made me think about switching from Google completely
Killing Hangouts got me to switch to iPhone after having Android since the 2010
If there was another affordable smart speaker that didn’t constantly show me ads (Alexa) I’d get out of their ecosystem completely
I won’t buy anything Google now and at work (software engineer) I push back on using anything Google for the reasons above.