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Someone at google is thinking of ways to use Google Plus to fuck up Nest.
by badclient 13y ago
Someone at google is thinking of ways to use Google Plus to fuck up Nest.
- VLM 13y agoDo you use more or less energy than your friends in your circles? Gamification? For a couple decades demand shedding devices have been offered for A/C and electric water heaters where you get a microscopic credit to your bill and the electric co can use a stereotypically totally rube goldberg contraption (remember, these systems have been around for decades) to remotely shed some peak load for a couple hours at a time. I could see something like $5 credit on google play or free google music streaming if you sign up for a load shedding program that uses the nest. And occasionally your thermostat drops by 5 degrees for a couple hours even when it "shouldn't".
- caprad 13y agoHas google hired a lot of MBA's recently, because it look an awful lot like they are trying to cross-pollinate their main business lines, to improve vertical integration and uptake.
- iamjustin 13y agoIt sure does. Hopefully they can find a way to optimize the backwards overflow which is sure accompany these changes.