Comment on iRobot’s revenue has tanked and it’s almost out of cash | "Roomba customers are understandably concerned about the impact these current financial troubles might have on their home cleaning robots."

herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• dieTasse@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sure, if you want China to have videos of you, your kids and your home. Roomba so far has the “best” privacy policy from all the companies. I am not saying its warranted, it never is with proprietary software/hardware, but Chinese companies are known for ignoring laws regarding privacy.

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  • Redredme@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    From a non US Perspective (most of the world) this is a non issue.

    Because for the rest of the world the answer to this dilemma boils down to:

    Do you want to be shook down by the big guy in the left corner with the can of coke in his hand or do you prefer to be fucked over by that big Asian guy in the right corner who’s slurping on his bubble tea?

    I choose the one who demands the least.

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  • pix_wbmr@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah… because the US hasn’t spied on anyone in recent history…

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    • hexabs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He did say “best”

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      • M1ch431@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        For most people, the best case scenario is vacuuming their floors with offline options.

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    • dieTasse@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t trust the biggest guys on the market… I wouldn’t trust iRobot if Amazon did acquire it. But smaller companies do not have enough leverage on EU (I am from EU). They have to adhere, there are audits that must be made and I somehow trust more in audits and rule adherence on US side rather than the Chinese ones.

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  • herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    still better than Americans when it comes to privacy. It is the lesser of the evils.

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    • dieTasse@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I am not fan of America, believe me, but US companies (apart from Zuck and a few others) still have more incentive to adhere to EU rules than the Chinese ones. Also the Chinese companies have to also adhere to Chinese govt rules.

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      • herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Nope:

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

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  • elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    solution: get the cheapest one that doesn’t have a camera

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  • Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mine shan’t have a camera

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