Walled garden, they want you to buy more of their hardware so it all works together nicely and you only give one company all your money.

If everything connected to WiFi, you could pick and choose any thermostat to work with any furnace.

There’s been a few things I’ve wanted to cross for, even seriously considered it once 2 months ago until my wife said absolutely not.

What’s sad is I wanted to visit Florida, NYC, and a few other spots. I doubt we’ll ever go back now.