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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by dboreham on Monday December 15, 2025 @09:17AM (#46274836)
Perhaps because the 40 million units rely on an expensive back-end service that isn't covered by monthly fees to users?
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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by spyspy on Monday December 15, 2025 @09:22AM (#46274901)
Don't give them ideas.
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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by array_key_first on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @05:01PM (#46295196)
Probably was, but that's just stupid business decisions.

Your pricing model should reflect your real-world costs. If it doesn't, then update your pricing model.

If consumers can't do the new pricing model, then your real-world costs are probably out of wack. Which they would be in this case - there's no reason a vaccum should require expensive backend services.

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