You know what sucks? Not Neato vacuums. According to an email sent to users that was obtained by The Verge , the popular robot vacuum from the now-defunct Neato Robotics will permanently go offline following a decision by its parent company to shut down cloud services, rendering the app no longer functional and, by extension, the robots significantly less useful.

Owners of Neato vacuums won’t have to go entirely without the support of their robo floor sweeper, but functionality will revert entirely to Manual mode. That means users will no longer be able to activate or control the robovac remotely via the MyNeato app. It also means that they won’t be able to set custom routines or schedule regular cleanings. The only way to set the vacuum to run is by manually pressing the physical power

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