There are not enough smart-vacuum owners in the world that would make it more profitable to just make the hardware without hoovering up the data that comes with its use.

Better to put my efforts toward automating the flipping of light switches and the raising/lowering of window shades

And some brands of 3D printers have started placing those functionalities behind remote servers and paywalls

cough cough Bambu Labs cough cough

There are a million third party vendors that sell replacements on amazon, just take a look. Though - and I don’t know for sure having not actually read the article - it seems as though you may also need to change out the firmware so you can keep operating it if iRobot’s servers go down, since all the roombas i’m aware of need internet connectivity to operate.

If you’re at the point where you need to start replacing parts, it might be worth starting to look into other brands

Definitely illegal, and definitely a test balloon for what types of executive authority they can get away with.

They chose Khalil specifically because of the subject of his protesting - they might get a handful of judges that allow this abuse because of the near-universal bipartisan support for Israel.

Whether or not this sticks will be an indicator on how far the US slips into fascism, and I’m certainly hopeful this gets reversed quickly.

They want Europe to feel threatened so that we come to them for help where they can put on the mask of protector when in reality they want to turn the entire world in the dystopian shitshow they have

Couldnt this just as easily be about the US?

Welp, I guess that pen plotter I built last year is going to be my full time printer

For anyone still curious, the ban was lifted already

Someone with a medical background please tell me what on earth is happening inside that volume

All I can think of is that alien exo-suit from MIB with an alien operating him inside

This is my attitude whenever someone complains about there being too much ‘politics’ in everything.

Everything touches politics, but we only notice it when it adversely effects us. The people who take as granted that politics is it’s own thing are usually the people who are the most privileged by it.