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Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums
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this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2026
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Which is why we need to de-normalize this thought process. People should always ask, why does my vacuum need to go online? Or at the very least, can I turn that "feature" off?
because vacuum makers lock away advanced capabilities on the app making a home network the only way you can access them.
of course, when you're shopping, it'll use those advanced features as advertisements; but there's no way to know that ahead of time unless you're buying the most expensive models available.
And to top that off, those features have a terms contract you need to accept to use. Yet you don't know what that entails until you spend a lot of money.
Both your point and this also needs to be denormalized. We should be able to have full visibility for purchase decisions and have no push back on returns if we don't.