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iRobot is likely to collapse within 12 months. (www.theregister.com)
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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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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I'm a bit of a diy and repair nerd for damned near anything. I have a near 20 year old roomba 530 model that still works great. Back then and for a good many years roombas were hands down the best bang for your buck. I haven't recommended them for the past decade. They fell behind in ability and build quality. Let alone any of the privacy concerns stuff. Damned shame.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Mozilla gave them an OK privacy rating. Not great, but not terrible.

[–] freely1333@reddthat.com 16 points 12 hours ago

Patiently awaiting Congress to ban any Chinese robot vacuums out of national security risk

[–] zenpocalypse@lemm.ee 12 points 13 hours ago

Had an old one that kinda works but is a pain. More recently, we splurged on a more modern pet version with Wi-Fi and all the bells.

It was fantastic. And 3 weeks in, couldn't stay connected to the network even right beside the router and was doing constant very short runs before returning to the dock saying it was full.

Returned it.