Google's fourth-generation Nest Learning Thermostat just hit $219.99 on Amazon — down from $280 and within $1.50 of its all-time low — with Best Buy open-box units dipping to $188. That is a steep discount on hardware Google launched just two years ago. But the price cut lands at the same moment the company has orphaned its earliest customers, and the deal isn't charity. The real product is your data, and eventually, your compliance.
9to5Toys and 9to5Google both covered the deal as a straight consumer win — a chance to
