[wisty]

People want to spend money to fix a problem that fundamentally requires effort on their part, not tech.

Vacuuming is actually the easiest bit of cleaning a house IMO - getting the floor clear (if you have kids, or out of control hobbies, or are just lazy or a bit of a horder) is hard.

People aren't stupid, they kind of know this. But just like buying expensive gym equipment they think that a new toy will incentivise them do the hard bits.

"If I buy a new gizmo I'll finally start cooking healthy delicious food" is a great pitch.

[mingus88]

Eh, our Roborock vac has been a net positive

It was “easy” to vacuum before but we never did a thorough job. All too often we just vacuum what we can see, never under the couches, etc.

Now that we have to move everything so it can complete the full map we have a much cleaner house. It encourages us to move all of the chairs, toys, etc.