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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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[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Tried several of those vacuums but none really worked that well

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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

I’m glad my old, non-smart one still works fine. It slams into things and says, “Roomba needs help” or something when it eats a sock or wire I missed. But at least it will outlast the company’s servers.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Slightly off topic but how are y'all at replacing the parts that get worn out?

I'm still on the 2nd filter it came with and I haven't replaced any of the brushes, etc.,

I kind of wish I had a maintenance schedule where I just had the parts delivered and replaced them at set intervals rather than having to guess when it's worn out.

But I also don't want to overspend.

[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are a million third party vendors that sell replacements on amazon, just take a look. Though - and I don't know for sure having not actually read the article - it seems as though you may also need to change out the firmware so you can keep operating it if iRobot's servers go down, since all the roombas i'm aware of need internet connectivity to operate.

If you're at the point where you need to start replacing parts, it might be worth starting to look into other brands

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[–] zonnewin@feddit.nl 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Any European alternatives?

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

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