My only complaint is that there is some input latency with the outer ring input. It falls into some kind of uncanny valley, where turning the dial adjusts a rotary widget on the Nest's display, but there is a perception of slippage that makes it oddly disconcerting.
A nitpick on an otherwise great product.
And yeah, the article sucks. Sucking Apple's dick for pageviews.
It promotes using web apps, web apps which can also be accessed with browsers on any OS. Not happy with Chromebooks? Use Windows or Mac instead and access the same webapp. That's the exact opposite of vendor lock-in.