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Petition against shutdown of Neato Robotics cloud by Vorwerk (www.openpetition.org)

submitted 1 day ago by Ascendor@discuss.tchncs.de to c/smarthomes@feddit.uk

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Hey guys,

I don't know if you'd count vacuum robots as smart home as well, but I guess this might be interesting: Vorwerk, owner of Neato Robotics, has closed down the cloud features for Neato Botvacs - three years earlier than they promised to.

A petition is going strong against it.

I'd be happy if you could sign and share. Even if you are not affected today, it could be a strong sign for other vendors as well...

https://www.openpetition.org/us/petition/online/vorwerk-need-to-stop-destroying-working-hardware-keep-neato-robotics-cloud-alive

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[–] Ascendor@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 23 hours ago

Unfortunately, valetudo is not compatible with Neato devices. There are other great initiatives, including integrating an ESP32 device. Nevertheless, even if we are able to revive the devices, I think a strong statement should be sent to Vorwerk (and others) that we don't accept behavior like this. So please sign and share, even if you are not directly affected this time!