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what...? how much money did that Roomba cost for him to spend that much time and effort on recoding it?!
https://codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day-my-smart-vacuum-turned-against-me
And just like that, my $300 smart vacuum transformed into a mere paperweight.
If YOU aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
Think about your choices in life after asking such an... interesting question
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Jesus christ, just vaccuum your own house already. This is the largest tradeoff I have ever seen for the minor inconvenience of a single household chore.
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Old news that's been posted several times in the last weeks
This shit is two months old. How many times is it going to recirculate?
until something meaningful is dore about it i hope
Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
I have a standard vacuum. I spend about 10 minutes a day vacuuming. Miele has no telemetry whatsoever lol
I spend about 10 minutes a day vacuuming
Yes and the point being spending 300$+ to eliminate 10 minutes a day is absolutely hilarious.
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That's like a month old news article
No one should be outraged. That is how all robovacs are working - use LIDAR to map area -> send back to server -> server calculates optimal cleaning route -> sends back info to vac -> vac cleans. Vac cant ping back to server - server thinks vac is dead. No killswitch is needed.
Also, app is not a necessity except we are forced to use it. But many would not like to lose an ability to track progress or start and stop cleaning from their phone outside of the home network. For these features, app and external server is a must.
The only real issue with robo vacs is that it is an IoT device. We should make manufacturers and brands to let us choose if we want to selfhost their software. But that would never happen.
This article IMO is full of bs and ragebait.
Pretty much everything you said is incorrect, except for the article age. Valetudo literally wrote software that does this on multiple models locally, including mapping. The response of the manufacturers whose models were capable of this was to release new versions where this wasn't an option. As for servers and local control, there are a number of solutions for those with the knowledge and hardware to set it up, and the only thing stopping robovac companies from supporting this is (less) money.
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