to shut down its servers, so now it’s dumb as a rock and next to useless.
I hate this so much. There’s no reason a robot vacuum should require internet access to function. Companies only do it for tighter control of their products, to track your usage, to have the ability to paywall features, and to have the ability to disable it so you have to buy a new one.
It’s doubly fucked in that I have a smart home where everything is controlled locally without the cloud, and this vacuum was the only thing that wasn’t.
I hate this so much. There’s no reason a robot vacuum should require internet access to function. Companies only do it for tighter control of their products, to track your usage, to have the ability to paywall features, and to have the ability to disable it so you have to buy a new one.
It’s doubly fucked in that I have a smart home where everything is controlled locally without the cloud, and this vacuum was the only thing that wasn’t.
Maybe someone’s developed an open-source firmware solution that you can port to it for self-hosting?
Maybe try giving it to AI to make a self-hosted server?
If nothing else, that can be a redeeming quality of that heap of bullshit, if it can manage it.
What?
If the vacuum needs a cloud connection to run, maybe AI could try to create a self-hosted replacement.
I doubt they do much security, so perhaps the vacuum doesn’t validate certificates or keys.