For those who see this as Google turning off an unused service: no, just no. This is Google cutting off a massive interop ecosystem to try to parlay the success of Nest into higher adoption of Google Home. That’s vastly different than shutting down G+, Wave, Orkut, Reader, etc.
It would be as if they announced tomorrow that the only way to read GMail is in Chrome browser or on an Android phone.
It would be as if they announced tomorrow that the only way to read GMail is in Chrome browser or on an Android phone.