Best Buy drops the price of the Google Home Hub and throws in a free Mini https://t.co/kGkMKFZvbn

— DT Deals (@DealsDT) May 10, 2019

some more statements from Works with Nest partners are coming in.

here's Philips Hue: pic.twitter.com/5DKUWSSe5y

— dan seifert (@dcseifert) May 9, 2019

Woah, sitting in @dailytechnewssh finally realizing that @Google is burning the whole Nest ecosystem to the ground effective August 31st. Good summary @arstechnica: https://t.co/heoi1qmCoK

— Patrick Norton (@patricknorton) May 10, 2019

I dug into Google’s plans to cancel the Works with Nest program and what it means for the smarthome ecosystem.

Right now, it feels like to get the privacy fences we want, we’re going to have to put up with the walled gardens we don’t: https://t.co/qB5XFeaqPU

— dan seifert (@dcseifert) May 9, 2019

Never make the basis of your smart home revolve around any manufacturer's cloud offering. It could be gone in a flash. https://t.co/fOR76VpT7U

— cpw (@voxcpw) May 9, 2019

here's an email that @BrilliantTech CEO Aaron Emigh just sent to customers about the Works with Nest shutdown:

"Like other Nest partners, we received no prior notice and have just learned about this from Google's public announcement." pic.twitter.com/y9oYEHWiq8

— dan seifert (@dcseifert) May 9, 2019

here's @AugustHomeInc's statement on Google's Works with Nest shutdown

August will be talking to its customers that use the Nest integration to see what's most important to them about it and go from there. Interesting approach pic.twitter.com/0URMnLCww9

— dan seifert (@dcseifert) May 9, 2019

the gist of these statements so far is “don’t migrate your Nest account to a Google account yet, because that will definitely break whatever set up you currently have."

— dan seifert (@dcseifert) May 9, 2019

A market opportunity for a smart thermostat for people who don't want their home being a sensory organ for Google’s ad machine. There is no reason for a smart thermostat to require a cloud service to operate. https://t.co/dvGNQEwScV

— Jeremiah Lee (@JeremiahLee) May 10, 2019

Google: Kills a bunch of stuff

Also Google: Nothing died. It's a ~transition~.https://t.co/kgbL0tD3ow

— Stephen Hall (@hallstephenj) May 11, 2019

that echoes the sentiment I heard from other Works with Nest partners I spoke to. they were all caught flat footed by the announcement and didn't know it was coming at all. many are scrambling to figure out what it means for their customers.

— dan seifert (@dcseifert) May 9, 2019

2/ "As part of this integration, Google’s Home speaker and smart display products will now carry Nest branding and have Nest features."

But here's the real kicker: "If you want any other product to play nice with your Nest ones, you’ll need to have a Google account."

— Google Transparency Project (@GTP_updates) May 9, 2019

Google has officially made Nest products not worth buying. Not only are they force-merging Nest accounts with Google identities, they're killing the API too.

Definitely not buying any Nest product going forward.https://t.co/YfbtBb2MiS

— Internet of Shit (@internetofshit) May 10, 2019

Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019 | Ars Technica (https://t.co/dQm23Nfbkz) - When the service shuts down in August, it sounds like all of those (probably expensive) third-party smart home products will stop working with any Nest-based automation workflows. This mandatory

— TWiT Links (@links_for_twit) May 11, 2019

Google takes over all Nest data. So much for #smarthome #privacy

Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019 | Ars Technica https://t.co/01c6337dna

— Joel Reidenberg (@jreidenberg) May 10, 2019

I don't care about @Nest merging accounts or rebranding or merging apps but turning off the API (amusingly called "Works with Nest") is offensive. Some of my home automation will now break. I want a refund. ? best case I port to new API if any? Tiring.https://t.co/7iaRmACMNh

— Brad Fitzpatrick (@bradfitz) May 10, 2019

Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019 https://t.co/7CeCc4iuVN #smarthome #iot pic.twitter.com/WmBOYv8Crn

— Chris Gledhill (@cgledhill) May 10, 2019

I'm glad I never got around to installing a Nest: "The Nest ecosystem is dead. Nest accounts are dead. Nest's privacy firewall is dead."https://t.co/CyA0Mc4ydv

— Noel (@nordicnoel) May 10, 2019

the internet-of-things smart home i bought at best buy? insecure?? https://t.co/dhiaHAM5C7

— seth (@asapsunscreen) May 11, 2019

“Keeping the Nest data separate from Google was a big concession made when Google bought the company, designed to allay privacy fears. Now that that is going away” https://t.co/382mCOAopg

— DHH (@dhh) May 10, 2019

This is the crux if you bet on a proprietary product as an ecosystem! And that’s exactly why I favour open-sourced “standard protocols” over “standard products”! https://t.co/2nNr2Ayc43

— Alex Heusingfeld (@aheusingfeld) May 11, 2019

More on the Google squeeze.

Out w/ “Works with Nest” & in w/ “Works with Google Assistant”.

“Nest accounts and data separation is dead”

“shattering of the Google/Nest privacy firewall”

Nest “strongly recommends” Nest users migrate to a Google account.https://t.co/SZt3CdJmXm

— PEter (@peterstwit77) May 11, 2019

Alexa will still work with Nest, despite some confusion.

But IFTTT and everything else still won't. Google seems to be carving out a special exception for Alexa. https://t.co/NxtdhlLvHG by @canterrain

— How-To Geek (@howtogeek) May 10, 2019

"if you’re an original Nest user, once you migrate your account, you’re handing over your data to Google" #TheBigNine #HomeAutomation https://t.co/tt16aVHDmp

— Amy Webb (@amywebb) May 10, 2019

Google’s Nest changes risk making the smart home a little dumber https://t.co/lN873kylkH pic.twitter.com/eg5g6mVzDP

— The Verge (@verge) May 10, 2019

I have a large number of Nest products, including thermostats, smoke alarms, cameras, and security devices. I will *NEVER* again invest in any Google-controlled products. Betray me once, shame on you. Never again. https://t.co/XVzrpRWEGj

— Bill Weinman (@billweinman) May 10, 2019

The Nest API going down could result in life-threatening product failures.https://t.co/OBPaPVzfLk pic.twitter.com/cCqmCA1i6t

— Steven V. (@Stevoisiak) May 10, 2019

I am wearing my surprised face. Who could possibly have seen this coming? https://t.co/C9WWg6fTof pic.twitter.com/nkhy8qv8nj

— Loughlin O'Nolan (@loughlin) May 10, 2019

"We asked for a privacy fence, and it looks like what we’re getting is a walled garden." https://t.co/72ocy3pLjA

— Ben Francis (@bfrancis) May 10, 2019

Basically Google want your data, end of. If you want Nest products then you play by their rules.
Google’s Nest changes risk making the smart home a little dumber... #northwalestweets https://t.co/TX77ub0LfL

— 3-e Intelligent Homes (@3eelec) May 9, 2019