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Re:Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user m... by smt88 on Thursday November 06, 2025 @01:51PM (#45838830)
What math are you doing here?

Robovacuums don't cost £150 an hour. If you buy one for £500 and run it every day for two years, you're paying ~70p per hour. Are there any cleaners who charge less than £1 per visit?

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Re:Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user m... by StarGrit on Thursday November 06, 2025 @03:04PM (#45839702)
I was being hyperbolic because people seem to be overstating the cost of a cleaner.

I used to pay my Spainish cleaners about €20 euros a week for two cleaners. Granted that was while ago, but it was peanuts.

Also I'd rather have cleaner do it properly, than by a robovac that (as everyone says on the sibling comments) does half a job.

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Re:Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user m... by chipsrafferty on Thursday November 06, 2025 @03:04PM (#45839715)
Children are free
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Re:Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user m... by smt88 on Saturday November 08, 2025 @09:34AM (#45856896)
In what universe?
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