Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances

Re:Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect ... by mihaaly on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @04:08PM (#34510417)

A robot vacuum requiring Wifi connection to work with dual HD camera on it and making accurate map of my entire home and proud of having internet access will not only keep me away connecting it to my home Wifi - with devices having sensitive data on - but from buying such device. It happened. I did not find acceptable offline one so I keep vacuuming manually.

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Re:Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect ... by didsomeonesay on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:09PM (#34511249)

Well you're not alone with this view. This is were Valetudo and dustbuilder should be mentioned.

With these projects, you can replace the nasty privacy-invasive bits in the vendor's SW stack.

There's a buying guide to find a matching rootable robot for your needs: https://valetudo.cloud/pages/general/buying-supported-robots...

I got a pair of Dreame W10s in the last Black Friday deals and they're a great help.

I wish my money wouldn't go towards the vendor crapware that takes extra efforts to get rid of. But i couldn't be happier with the result, having automated the vacuuming and mopping.

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Re:Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect ... by brnt on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:54PM (#34511797)

Also bought a W10 last BF, worka great without setting up wifi/valetudo.

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