Thread Number: 43631
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Amazon Buys IRobot - Maker of Roomba Vacuums |
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Post# 455542   8/7/2022 at 07:40 (599 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing….see link below….
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Post# 455551 , Reply# 1   8/7/2022 at 10:57 (599 days old) by Tseg (World Traveller)   |   | |
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I probably don't want to be Dyson right now. |
Post# 455554 , Reply# 2   8/7/2022 at 11:15 (599 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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IRobot does indeed make a quality product. The $950 deluxe Roomba S9+ is top rated in Consumer Reports testing…here is their summary:
The S9+ is a strong performer with a squared front edge that helps it hug corners and edges of the room. Unlike most other models, most of the pet hair it picked up made it to the bin instead of sticking to the brushroll. Once the robot is docked, a vacuum in the docking station automatically sucks the contents from the bin into an enclosed, disposable bag in the base. |
Post# 455559 , Reply# 3   8/7/2022 at 12:29 (599 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Yeah, I read about that yesterday. My biggest concern--and the reason I'm totally disinterested in owning one--is that being connected to the Internet, Amazon will be able to use it to spy on you. It'll learn the layout of your home, and thereby allow Amazon to estimate your income level, based on square footage. If it's vacuuming up Froot Loops and Lego blocks, it'll know you have young kids. Amazon--and Google, Microsoft and Apple, for that matter--already know too much about me. I don't need their floor-crawling drone vacuuming up even more data about my household.
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Post# 455560 , Reply# 4   8/7/2022 at 14:35 (599 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 455571 , Reply# 5   8/7/2022 at 23:15 (599 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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I think Amazon buying IRobot is definitely gonna turn out to be a bad thing. I can see how this will turn out to be one of Amazon's in-house brands sold exclusively through Amazon, and they will bully IRobot to lower quality to meet certain price points. Plus the other points that Human, Edgar, brought up about Amazon spying on it's customers is definitely valid as well. I prefer my privacy thanks!
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Post# 455575 , Reply# 6   8/8/2022 at 04:35 (598 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Nah you don't need to worry about the companies spying on you, that paranoia has existed ever since the electronic age. Furbys were the first thing to trigger that paranoia. It's baseless and senseless to think some company could care about your account info or getting a peep show.
What is a valid concern is that they can be hacked and used by criminals to map a layout of your home - virtual casing. It's just like a little R/C car with a camera and they can drive it all over the house. That is what you need to worry about. Any connection can be breached and hacked no matter how strong a company's firewall is and how dedicated the hackers are. Also because those things run on WiFi with a wide range transmitter they can be controlled by anyone driving down the street with a router and can tap into the vacuum through your home network. |
Post# 455815 , Reply# 9   8/13/2022 at 17:13 (593 days old) by Ilovehoovers (England)   |   | |
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Post# 455825 , Reply# 10   8/13/2022 at 21:05 (593 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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