Roomba invented the home robot – and lost the future

Nokia-ish moment.

Roomba brought commercial application of IoT & robotics into our homes, much earlier than others. Failed to keep up with innovation.

Just as Nokia pioneered early smart phones and didn’t keep up with times.

Apple eerily feels like going down similar path with lack of AI adoption and botched Siri.

More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46268854

Almost every "smart" home appliance has privacy invasion baked into it. These "smart" appliances assume consumers are very dumb.

Aside from the "smart" label, the key indicator is network access. Once granted, manufacturers simply cannot resist the urge to abuse consumer trust.

Unfortunately; in order to dissuade others, some may have to go bankrupt.