I have smart thermostats. I block 100% of their traffic.

Why?

One winter I woke up to my house being not 70, but 50. BOTH of my units had stalled after a botched firmware update.

I can’t trust a multi-billion to fuck my house up while I sleep. not once, not twice.

now they are nice glowing thermostats I can see in the dark that my power company paid for.

couldn’t be happier since cutting them off.