Amazon terminates iRobot deal, Roomba maker to lay off 31% of staff::Amazon and iRobot said regulatory concerns made it impossible for the deal to move forward, sending the Roomba makers’ shares plummeting.

    • ElusiveClarity@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Save yourself the headache and get something that works locally and doesn’t rely on their cloud and app.

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        1 year ago

        Reasonably sure i can set up local control through home assistant. Haven’t looked too hard but I’ve always liked the featuresets on the roombas and the Amazon connection was the reason I haven’t done too much investigation yet.