It's a strange set of affairs: an innovative young company led by some of the best engineers and executives in the business being acquired and validated by one of the great American businesses of the past 20 years should be a slam dunk of good PR. Instead, there's a chorus of concern — some sincere, some contrived, but all of it grounded in fear of an unchecked Google.
I was really hoping that Nest would continue down their path of building wonderful experiences for their users instead of selling their users out. Google doesn't care about the users, just Nest's data and what it can do with it.