AgreeableLandscape to Technology · 2 years agoA utility company locked thousands of customers out of their smart thermostats in Coloradowww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11cross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkA utility company locked thousands of customers out of their smart thermostats in Coloradowww.theverge.comAgreeableLandscape to Technology · 2 years agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squareThannlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoexactly, they spent time and money doing this instead of investing in infrastructure 🤦♂️
minus-squarepingvenolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIt sounds like this is fairly cheap to implement. I imagine the utility just pays for software from a vendor that integrates in with the consumers’ existing smart thermostats. From there, it’s just the cost of the incentive payments.
exactly, they spent time and money doing this instead of investing in infrastructure 🤦♂️
It sounds like this is fairly cheap to implement. I imagine the utility just pays for software from a vendor that integrates in with the consumers’ existing smart thermostats. From there, it’s just the cost of the incentive payments.