Complex and bloated

Posted Aug 9, 2025 21:40 UTC (Sat) by Rudd-O (guest, #61155)
In reply to: Complex and bloated by leromarinvit
Parent article: A kernel developer plays with Home Assistant: general impressions

Valetudo was the main reason I replaced my Neato BotVac with the Dreame we have now. Despite Neato biting the dust, I would have kept the hardware and even modded it to run 100% local, if Valetudo hadn't been relatively easy to use in order to root the Dreame and turn it fully local. TBH the Neato hardware is simply superior (it vacuums more per pass), but after my experience with cloud-based vacuums, I learned my lesson and I won't accept any such bullshit anymore.