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This seemed supercool until I got to this part: "Rooting is pretty easy, only requiring a 3.3v USB UART Adapter and almost no disassembly. All warranty seals s
by hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago
This seemed supercool until I got to this part:
"Rooting is pretty easy, only requiring a 3.3v USB UART Adapter and almost no disassembly. All warranty seals stay intact."
This makes it unusable for normal users. Which is a pity and a solution should be legal, not technical. Xiaomi sells their hardware at very attractive prices and people discover too late it's useless unless connected to servers in China.
- brnt 4y agoFWIW: the Dreame W10 I just bought works fine without connecting it to anything.
- fxtentacle 4y ago> Xiaomi sells their hardware at very attractive prices and people discover too late it's useless unless connected to servers in China. It's even worse than that. Privacy-conscious people might try to buy from German brands like a Miele Scout SX3 or a MEDION MD19500. But both of them are just white-labeled Chinese products and use the 114.114.114.114 DNS resolver in Beijing.
- nicolaslem 4y agoMaybe it is wishful thinking but I predict that within a decade cloud-only appliances will be illegal for three reasons: - Users will get tired of having their expensive gadgets being bricked because the cloud part was decommissioned. - Right to repair laws and environmental regulations will require appliances to have longer lives. - National security.
- paulcarroty 4y ago> This makes it unusable for normal users. Once upon a time have flashed OpenWrt as normal user, nothing extraordinary.