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Troubled robot vacuum-cleaner maker iRobot, abandoned by Amazon after regulators effectively doomed the web giant's takeover offer, has warned investors it may not survive the next 12 months.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Any European alternatives?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure somebody will buy the data iRobot robots collected during their cleaning time :-)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

https://valetudo.cloud/pages/general/supported-robots.html

iRobot not even on the list despite being the original de facto vacuum robot OEM

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I'm glad I waited to replace my old Eufy one. I definitely will not be replacing it with Roomba now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I rarely use mine, but can I block them from using the Internet and they'll still work?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tried several of those vacuums but none really worked that well

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Have you tried Roborock? It's an amazing vacuum and connects very well inside Home Assistant.

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