Had to kill my smart thermostat
It was useful for things like when I went away, I could remotely turn the A/C or heat back on an hour or two before I was going to be home.
The schedule was nice too. I could have the A/C and heat on minimum the day I was in the office. And a different schedule on the weekend
Plus if I was going to get up early, I could click on the heat 20 minutes beforehand.
However the app was crap. It kept going "WELCOME TO YOUR NEW THERMOSTAT. LET'S SET THINGS UP" and deleting all my programming and preferences.
It had half a dozen "don't show this again" that it completely ignored.
So it was a great idea ruined by a shit implementation.
And I assume they took the same level of "care" in the security.
Now it's all pissy that it's disconnected and is constantly flashing demands to be hooked back up to the mothership, and of course the front panel UI is deliberately crippled. (it has to be deliberate, nobody can do a thermostat UI that bad by accident)
This was a Honeywell, so I guess advancing past a simple round dial is beyond them.
I've bought an Ecobee, but it's going to be in the box a while before I get around to it.