I’ll start: printers.

I bought an HP in March 2020 when my job went remote and HP bricked it remotely after only 100 pages because I wouldn’t sign up for their subscription program. Ended up trashing a perfectly good printer.

Luckily my library’s close by and I can print there remotely.

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      Have you seen any mowers that do that? Our back yard is mostly dead, but having it go out once a week would be so cool. I’m a little intimidated by the thought of putting this together, but also want to do it.

      Edit: Looks like the vacuum is sold out.

      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 hours ago

        A quick search for open source robot mowers pointed me to this: https://openmower.de/

        As for Oomwoo, they’re still working on assembly instructions, so I wouldn’t immediately jump in unless you’re fine with a lot of tinkering. Also, it looks like right now they’re only considering parts kits, not fully assembled bots, and that seems to be a future add.

        I personally still think it’s cool and will be keeping an eye on it