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@CNET
December 30, 2025 at 3:57 pm
Read the full CNET article on CNET.com: The Tech We’ve Lost in 2025
@tophlaw4274
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 am
thanks for the recap Bridget ♥… I always look forward to you yearly breakdowns & definitely missed a few of this year’s tech casualties…
definitely don’t see how this is Google “not being evil” 😞 … guess greed spoils the best of intentions…
🤓at least a team of open source white hat hacker-crusaders have risen to the challenge, launching their “No Longer Evil” project that serves to revive the defunct old Nest devices by replacing their firmware to allow users to keep their existing units & not reward Google for their underhanded tactics (it would’ve been so easy for an altrusitic company to simply not provide an update rather than effectively brick a device you paid for)…
☝although still “highly experimental”… it’s a move in the right direction since the community is sure to stop out the bugs as they appear & help keep more e-waste from filling our landfills.
@X862go
December 31, 2025 at 7:33 am
Like this new CNET show 👌
@xtuff501
December 31, 2025 at 8:55 am
This is why I will continue to avoid IoT products when possible for as long as I can. In particular, I will avoid Google IoT products because they have a huge list of graveyarded products. NEVER AGAIN.
@cococinnamon2236
January 1, 2026 at 11:49 am
The oldest tech that I know is still active is PS3 the system was launched in 2006 it’s been 19 years already and he can still play online I mean not a lot of titles are still active, but very few of them are still playable online Sony haven’t pulled the plug yet on it, but we’ll see what happens this year
@SpectrumPOV
December 30, 2025 at 6:19 pm
I hope all of the Google Nest customers switched to a competitor.
@Marciap17
December 30, 2025 at 6:19 pm
I’ll certainly miss SKYPE, I could call landline phone numbers anywhere in this planet. I’ll also miss AOL, magical days of YOU’VE GOT MAIL. Happy New Year Bridget! Thank you so much for all your enjoyable videos. 🥳🥂
@HakimFalkner
December 30, 2025 at 6:29 pm
The Bridget Skype Dance NEEDS to be a thing!!
😍😍
@pfink70
December 30, 2025 at 6:32 pm
Belkin left me po when they stopped supporting the half-dozen Wemo smart plugs of theirs I’ve been using for a decade. They all just stopped connecting one day. No more Belkin products for me.
@rtdorion
December 30, 2025 at 6:42 pm
I’m shaking my Zune in anger!
@neilmcgivern2759
December 30, 2025 at 6:48 pm
Yeah, we’re all just bent over waiting for these tech firms to shaft us.
@pjuk
December 30, 2025 at 7:02 pm
God she’s annoying.
@bossadave
December 30, 2025 at 7:13 pm
The Nest thermostat I have in Europe is working fine. No stopped functions at all. I think they did that to US customers because they could it may not of flied legally in EU.
@edthelazyboy
December 30, 2025 at 7:14 pm
I’m not getting another Nest thermostat. If my 3rd gen Nest thermostat loses support, I’m putting my old Honeywell thermostat back up. Yes, I kept my old thermostat when I “upgraded” many years ago.
@bizzfo
December 30, 2025 at 7:25 pm
The delivery is………cringe, trying to copy that guy on LTT
@sgommerable
December 30, 2025 at 7:41 pm
Modern corporations suck
@mil546
December 30, 2025 at 7:42 pm
Everything died.
@07BSPtC
December 30, 2025 at 7:43 pm
Local only for smart homes for me. Learned my lesson with myq.
@fabianmckenna8197
December 30, 2025 at 7:46 pm
Had to buy my wife a new 128GB iPad since her old 32GB iPad needed a 17GB update with no room even after removing everything not needed.
Same happened to her original 16GB iPad many years ago……
@EddyGraphic
December 30, 2025 at 7:49 pm
5:21 That’s why I don’t buy any smart gadget that doesn’t also have physical controls in case the company goes south.
@lil----lil
December 30, 2025 at 7:50 pm
Even BSOD died in 2025….crazy.
@Jamessavoy
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 pm
I appreciate the video, the sarcasm, and the reminders.
@infinitepower1449
December 30, 2025 at 8:11 pm
Bridget is back ❤
@TheRealMikeHalstead
December 30, 2025 at 8:11 pm
Honestly, I thought CNET died a long time ago.
@chrisprenmusic
December 30, 2025 at 8:12 pm
She’s good
@moralesh
December 30, 2025 at 8:15 pm
6:16 Looks like a goldendoodle!
@ABCEasyas--
December 30, 2025 at 8:20 pm
Imagine not being able to heat your house because your smart thermostat is no longer supported. I had a thermostat that is still kicking after 40 years
@pinoycaster1
December 30, 2025 at 8:24 pm
Tech companies:
2001- Do not be evil.
2015- Pretend to not be Evil.
2025-Proudly Evil.
@Rwmcnair
December 31, 2025 at 6:55 pm
16e is consider a budget phone -_-, I went from a 13 mini to a pixel 9a I’m good
@sebastianmizzell7541
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 pm
The funny thing about the Nest is that people still bought another one. lol… That just tells Google that they can continue to do the same and people will indeed but their product again.
@khatdubell
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 pm
mine still works…?
@tara-mareefield2293
December 31, 2025 at 7:02 pm
Good video! Subscribed. I also feel that you bear a slight physical resemblance to Elizabeth Holmes (sorry) I don’t know if anyone has told you.
@Fenweekoh
December 31, 2025 at 7:08 pm
Google stopped making their Nest Protect smoke alarms as well, mine died due to a water leak and found out when i went to replace it.
@OGacct-y8d
December 31, 2025 at 7:14 pm
I like that shirt
@lindak1768
December 31, 2025 at 7:14 pm
That’s great, that means someday my Nest will be obsolete.
@keyboardwarrior656
December 31, 2025 at 7:24 pm
THX!!!
@judaspriestchild
December 31, 2025 at 7:24 pm
Most condescending and moronic video of 2025. When you buy into a “smart” computer ecosystem you are expected to change your hardware periodically to combat security breaches and capability issues with newer software. How a “tech” channel called CNET doesn’t understand this just destroys the integrity of this channel.
@javadkhan2449
December 31, 2025 at 7:26 pm
The amusing part is that I haven’t realized Skype for the longest time, perhaps back in 2013 or 2015, which was the last time I used it.
@MatrixRoland
December 31, 2025 at 7:32 pm
Google: sorry to kill your Nest, here is a coupon to buy our latest model. Me: goodbye losers, I went with Ecobee on both of my furnaces. What really sucks is they only killed the ability for the customer to connect to the Nest, Google is still collecting data from these if the customer still has it online with their WiFi.
@BrawndoDrinker
December 31, 2025 at 7:36 pm
Old Nest owners can switch to Ecobee or Tado which both have options to not require the cloud obsolescence. There is a project out on the net that will offer a way to self host Nest service if your technical enough to make that happen.
@anrn5303
December 31, 2025 at 7:39 pm
and there ya have it… too much dependency on tech… take note Alexa users…. lol
@davetscantech
December 31, 2025 at 7:50 pm
I miss buying a program, pisses me off everything is a subscription now
@capmendonca
December 31, 2025 at 7:51 pm
6:16 we really don’t own NOTHING nowadays 💯
@DJBoogieVeVo
December 31, 2025 at 8:02 pm
You are definitely the best I watch a lot of tech online especially when I want to know about the new iPhone or features I watch all you guys at CNET and I definitely love your one more thing thank you again for bringing us this tech information and useful tips happy new year looking forward to seeing what 2026 bring🎉🥳
@andrewT23
December 31, 2025 at 8:03 pm
It’s hard to continue to watch your videos. I’ve always liked your YouTube personality in the videos, but your twitter persona is extremely unlikable.
@benjamin_barbe
December 31, 2025 at 8:03 pm
Skype shouldn’t stop.
@jkennaw4314
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 pm
I didn’t know Microsoft put skype to sleep, but I guess that explains why Teams and all it’s issues is the bane of my existence at work everyday, and has been since around May 2025…
@charlesduncan318
December 31, 2025 at 8:07 pm
You made a conscious decision to put an internet company into your wall with control over A/C and Heat, any complaint after than is crazy, make better choices.
@blastum
December 31, 2025 at 8:11 pm
I believe that broadband is available everywhere (in the US) with starlink.
@bryangray1084
December 31, 2025 at 8:11 pm
Nest thermostats are junk anyway.
@valence7
December 31, 2025 at 8:28 pm
Napster has the biggest downgrade ever
@mechanicaldavid4827
December 31, 2025 at 8:29 pm
Um, WINDOWS 10???
@grantsdad98
January 2, 2026 at 12:57 pm
CNET, a subsidiary of Ziff Davis which took in 63 million in 2024.
@Stakman1
January 2, 2026 at 1:03 pm
No one is talking about wemo smart plugs and switches from belkin….
@jwsincla99999
January 2, 2026 at 1:10 pm
You should research the type of failure that causes a blue screen. More knowledge would temper the presentation of this topic.
@jwsincla99999
January 2, 2026 at 1:12 pm
This is why, by the way, why some individuals run Linux. With Linux, you do have ownership of things and the freedom to assemble your system as you see fit.
@kevinwhittingham8384
January 2, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Yeh scummy Google for pulling support on Nest 1st generation smart thermostats..
Meanwhile my Honeywell 1st generation smart thermostat quietly carry’s on after 13 years with all its smart features.
Don’t buy anything smart from Google they are only going to pull the plug on you down the road
@melontusk9660
January 2, 2026 at 1:20 pm
So glad I decided to go for Hive all these years back
@paulgerrard9227
January 2, 2026 at 1:25 pm
Bring back wax cylinders for my edison gramophone. Its the best music player! … This is how many of these complaints sound.
@23billd
January 2, 2026 at 1:34 pm
I replaced my Nest thermostat with my old analog Honeywell thermostat. It works fine and it never changes the temp without my permission!
@zeloguy
January 2, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Watch this every year and I love it more and more each year. Thanks for the vid!
@va_dos
January 2, 2026 at 1:39 pm
As an addition to Nest, I’d like to mention the iRobot and Neato Robotiics just shut down their cloud services. So your lovely home vacuum cleaners became useless (or will pretty soon).
@BwWatson
January 2, 2026 at 1:40 pm
Google has so many dead apps and products it’s embarrassing.
@adrianadrian3765
January 2, 2026 at 1:41 pm
We do not need a small thermostat!!! 🙄🙄🙄
@varstamea
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 pm
As a millenial, I actually had goosebumps when I heard that dial-up sound…
@gordonwalker6458
January 2, 2026 at 1:52 pm
With my thermostat I just kept using the nest app, I don’t use google home at all.
@stackerothings
January 2, 2026 at 1:58 pm
Good content, terrible presentation.
@markc.5750
January 2, 2026 at 2:09 pm
5:00 thank goodness I use home assistant for HVAC system.
@Adam-jw3uz
January 2, 2026 at 2:27 pm
You forgot to mention Pebble watches made a comeback!
@BATsTM
January 2, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Would love to know the turnover rate of the nest greed grab was, personally left for ecobee. Remember Belkin’s WeMo is also on this list for their earlier products.
@jonathoncaldwell9064
January 2, 2026 at 3:25 pm
I honestly thought CNET was dead. I haven’t thought about them since I used to download drivers off their site in the mid 00’s
@rapidsqualor5367
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 pm
I still have a Cue Cat.
@bonytologna
January 2, 2026 at 6:01 pm
Wait what? AOL wasn’t billed by the minute, we paid $20 a month flat.
@daltonwilliams2962
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 pm
It was billed by the minute in the early days.
@dsoprano13
January 2, 2026 at 7:03 pm
The old thermostat was completely fine. The new one just has a prettier screen. When products last too long they don’t make any profit, so they have to brick them to sell new ones.
@RafaelNieves77
January 2, 2026 at 7:23 pm
When Google pulled that switch I moved to ecobee and never looked back. Had my Nest died of natural causes I would have continued to buy replacements forever.
@thegr8rambino
January 2, 2026 at 8:21 pm
bridget you are BEAUTIFUL!
@chelseajordan5752
January 3, 2026 at 12:23 am
Maybe when things break in our houses we should replace them with the old-school way, and dumb down our houses. Like, unless you need to remotely change or monitor the temperature in your house, do you really need a thermostat connected to the internet? I’ve never lived somewhere with a smart thermostat, but recently installed one in a vacant house, so I see the appeal of some use-cases.
@mannydrives
January 3, 2026 at 12:52 am
I so wanted humane ai to work.
@TransPaladin
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 am
SO FYI, I updated Windows yesterday and my blue screen of death is back once more. Which is nice because the screen of death update never turned it black for me, instead it just overlayed the text onto whatever image was last displayed making it entirely unreadable.
@stevenhershkowitz6396
January 3, 2026 at 2:00 am
You’re a fool if you bought a new anything after the company bricked your last one on purpose. Buy from a different company.
@Gutterballs98
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 am
Well as a European the death of the first Nest thermostat was even worse because they entirely left Europe. No new Nest for me, I’ve for an ugly and annoying to use Tado smart thermostat now…
@thecommittedonesministry-d6248
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 am
Great video and hilarious!
@patrickrameau
January 3, 2026 at 3:45 am
If someone made a copy of Skype, they would have 50 million subscribers within 24 hours. There is nothing close to a true substitute right now. I hope someone can prove me wrong.
@heartsineurope
January 3, 2026 at 3:47 am
GOOGLE STOPPING NEST IS BS
@jarthurs
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 am
This April Nissan decided that they would suspend the Carwings service that allows Nissan Leaf owners to pre-heat/pre-cool and remotely control their cars via an app. In Europe they blamed the ‘end’ of the 2G network despite the fact that 2G services in the UK aren’t set to end until 2033. The community stepped up and now we have ‘OpenCarwings’ a project where you put your own SIM into your car and bypass Nissan altogether…
@andrewmcphee8965
January 3, 2026 at 4:51 am
Bridget isn’t pronouncing Jack Dorsey’s name properly. You should’ve said it like Tom and Molly did on Buzz Out Loud. Who remembers that?
@HannTheftAudio
January 3, 2026 at 6:10 am
It’s Bad enough that the platform I WANTED to see get murdered (and actually was) gets replaced by another platform that I have been wanted to see murdered, ONLY TO HAVE THAT ORIGINAL PLATFORM RETURN????????????????? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@omvladone
January 3, 2026 at 6:13 am
The content is good, but this girl who’s presenting is so insufferable that she makes watching the clip hard to bear.
@maxwellhouse750
January 3, 2026 at 7:32 am
To say the Nest was actually ever smart is giving it a lot of credit. I just prefer to set the temperature remotely and I don’t want it to get all cute and start switching things around when it felt like it. Just because I haven’t walked by the sensor, it shouldn’t mean let the house get colder when there are clearly people and dogs in the house.
@maxwellhouse750
January 3, 2026 at 7:38 am
Technology that should go…..Walmart not having credit card tap to pay. Retailers that still don’t accept Apple Pay. Even the Home Depot finally caved. Costco having old fashioned character based point of sales systems. Car rental and auto repair shops that still use dot matrix printers. Places that ONLY accept cash…yeah tell me they are paying their fair share of taxes.
@franciscosantana899
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 am
Hi Bridget, I love you videos, you always present things in an objective manner. I would love to see a video of how apple killed the Powerbeats pro’s best feature, the bass. Beats have always been known for their bassiness, and with the new Powerbeats Pro 2 we saw that era end. In fact, the AirPods Pro 3 have better bass! Thank you!
@MyweathernetreportsBlogspot
January 3, 2026 at 10:19 am
6:22 never thought “digital home thermostats” were needed. The 43 year old thermostat works like it did brand new. No software updates. No WiFi needed.
@davidlinux
January 3, 2026 at 10:32 am
I took down all of my IoT devices. I don’t want any company knowing my habits. My security cameras captures are stored only on the home network. No “cloud”.
@squin3354
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 am
The nest didn’t die it was murdered
@zap2002
January 3, 2026 at 11:08 am
Also, Limewire is back.
@greenbboos
January 3, 2026 at 12:02 pm
rip my parents nostalgia
@IndyScan
January 3, 2026 at 12:13 pm
Not replacing my Nest with another Nest, that’s for sure! My Harmony Hub stopped working in 2025 too…
@RazorbackKen
January 3, 2026 at 1:29 pm
“in the name of progress and profit” lolololololololololololololololol PROFIT. There is only profit.
@DoctorQuarex
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Great video and I absolutely must say I could listen to Bridget narrate basically anything
@dbkeenan
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 pm
Oh no, I was waiting to get an AOL CD in the mail before signing up for AOL. What will I do now.