That's not the only option. Some alternatives would have been to make it not a SASS reliant brick. Or to open source enough that people could do that work themselves, at least in theory. Or to offer buybacks. I did read:
> Nest is working with customers on a case-by-case basis on compensation, according Burnett. The company would not disclose exactly how Revolv users would be compensated or whether their Revolv devices could be replaced by Nest devices.
( Edit: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/06/nest-to-disable-revolv-hub-mu... )
Any former Revolv users want to disclose how they did/didn't get screwed over, actually?