🔗 Literal Enshittification: ‘Smart’ Toilets Play Fast And Loose With Your Pooping Data | Techdirt
… I’m glad someone is reporting on the important shit. (Pun intended).
Remember when we so concerned that all our ‘house data’ from Roomba was being sent over to Google - without so much as a ‘by-your-leave’.
… and then onto 2022 when Amazon got involved …
Fast Forward to 2025 - and …
🔗 Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, but Tries to Ease ‘Bricking’ Fears
Turns out all your data is now all wrapped up and safe and over in China.
The Amazon acquisition wasn’t anti-competitive — it was iRobot’s last chance to remain competitive.
💬 [Gruber](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/15/roomba-maker-irobot-declares-bankruptcy)
📸A Different Way Of Looking At Things - #MBPhotoChallenge : Cozy
🪦 We often read ‘too soon’ .. but hell fire Rob … too soon and most certainly not like this. One of the greats.
16,000 … and counting - this should be fun!
First Stupid Question Of The Day …
Didn’t there used to be a JSON option?
📸A Different Way Of Looking At Things - #MBPhotoChallenge : Frost
Photo: Robert D. Ward
Me: “Claude can you save all the files of code to a single folder for future reference.”
Claude: “Done.”
Later
Me: “The ‘process’ failed”
Claude: “flask_webhook.py wasn’t in the script folder - you didn’t save it properly.”
(My bold on last line - because it is never - ever - is the AIs fault.)
The age assurance check that blusky just implemented is stunning .. it asks for your date of birth.. you put in whatever you feel like and you are done.
Instantly the world is a safer place.
Im not saying that someone at the EU read 🔗 my post from yesterday - but I do wonder …
To save the click through …
Together, the EU countries hold more US debt than Japan and China put together - to the tune of $2 maybe 2.5 trillion. - well above twice that of China - and that doesn’t include the UK who is in the same ball park as China all by itself.
and then
No economist in this house - but I do wonder when a country - any country - will get to do something radical rather than putting up with this shit.
Ladies and Gentlemen - we have our answer »>
