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by bwanab 1418 days ago
Sorry to be dense as a person with a really dumb home, but you seem to be saying that a house without Wi-Fi can’t use a roomba? Can that be true?
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With the Neato, it can still be used, but you'd lose all of the mapping features in the app. It'd take away no-go zones, which are tremendously helpful in making these useful in a lot of homes.
You have to apply for a religious exemption, I hear its really hard to get, even the Amish have a hard time getting one for their roombas.
I think that could definitely be true at this point, though I don’t know for sure. Who has $1000 for a smart robot vac but not wifi?
It may well be true of some models, no?