Your point about &quot;doing the right thing&quot; is a complete logical fallacy. Are you implying that group A is somehow more deserving that group B?<p>Don&#x27;t forget - the &quot;tech giants&quot; you refer to are comprised of people, most of whom have jobs and families<p>This isn&#x27;t about whims of tech giants - more about whims of the market.<p>If the pitchfork-waving masses on HN screaming about Revolv had all actually, well, bought a Revolv, I suspect the company wouldn&#x27;t have gone bust. The fact of the matter is - the market (or we) spoke - we didn&#x27;t like Revolv, and that was the reason they failed in the marketplace.<p>I don&#x27;t think Nest made any secret of it - as soon as they bought out Revolv, they announced it quite publicly on their blog - we are stopping all sales of this product, immediately - but we will continue to support it for some time.<p>This was no deep conspiracy - it was, well, the product&#x27;s a wash, we&#x27;re buying out the company, and keeping the team.<p>Think about it - they probably still had stock of the product lying around at the time - they would rather just destroy those than sell them - what does that tell you about the product?<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;24&#x2F;7061557&#x2F;nest-acquires-rev.." rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;24&#x2F;7061557&#x2F;nest-acquires-rev...</a>. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cepro.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;theories_on_home_automation_hub.." rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cepro.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;theories_on_home_automation_hub...</a>.<p>There were heaps of pundits at the time who speculated on why Revolv failed.<p>I think that&#x27;s a far more worthy topic of discussion (i.e lessons learned on why it didn&#x27;t gain traction), than going on about why we&#x27;re not supporting a failed product from 2 years ago.