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Oh I was under the impression that nest is dependent on their API services - happy to be wrong!that said no one should use home assistant after their proxy debacle and their unwillingness to follow up on their promise to open source their remote service.
I don't understand why everyone is recommending them, their track record on backtracking is en pair with an enterprise...
Edit: I don't want to pull anyone away from home assistant, I phrased that too aggressive. I just wonder how so many people flock to it with this track record and at the same time are concerned about big tech companies. TE vendor lockin appears too me and the control lies completely in one companies hand. Even with open source core that's just too much if a risk for me personally.
The devices can still be used locally without issues. They're not bricking the devices; you just can't use their cloud service with them.