Vorwerk need to stop destroying working hardware! Keep Neato Robotics cloud alive!

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Vorwerk Group

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Petition addressed to: Vorwerk Group

German vacuum cleaner company Vorwerk had acquired Neato Robotics in 2017. In 2023, they have ceased the company. In that same announcement, Vorwerk has announced to keep supporting the devices for five years. (See Vorwerk Gruppe bündelt Robotik-Know-how in Wuppertal | Presseportal, in German)
At October 6th, 2025 Vorwerk has finally announced to shut down the Neato cloud platform "now". (See Announcement - 6th Oct 2025 : Support)

The undersigned demand:

  • Either: Take back the decision completely.
  • Or: Publish the full source code and binaries of Neato's devices' firmwares and Neato's cloud server software, so that the community can keep these devices alive.
  • Or: Do work out an integration with Open Source platforms like Home Assistant (see Home Assistant) in order to allow continued use of the devices.

Ideally, the undersigned would like to see all of the above implemented.

Reason

The signers of this petition clearly oppose disabling main features of their products without their consent.
They refuse the decision due to several reasons:

  1. It is a break of the promise of five years of support in their previous announcement
  2. It is a sign that Vorwerk does not value sustainability: Working hardware is being made worthless just for financial interests. In times of climate catastrophy, this is unacceptable.
  3. It is a sign that Vorwerk does not value the interests of their customers, and want to create artificial revenue by devalueing their working devices.

In any case, if Vorwerk will not provide a fair and respectful solution to this situation, the undersigned will refrain from buying any products of the Vorwerk group in the future and will advise anybody in their networks against doing so.

Thank you so much for your support, Alexander Schöcke, Jork
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Petition details

Petition started: 10/10/2025
Collection ends: 03/11/2026, 23:59 GMT+1
Region: United States of America
Topic: Consumer protection

News

  • (Some of you will receive this mail twice. I apologize!)

    We expect to hand over the signature lists as early as next week. We won’t be making a big event out of it. I am no longer seeking your direct participation—as described in a previous update.
    However, a petitioner from Canada came up with the idea of collecting photos of the people affected and presenting them as a collage. This will vividly demonstrate to Vorwerk the impact on people—and at the same time, it will effectively highlight the international scope of the petition and the cross-border protest.

    So here’s the call to action: Please upload photos of yourselves to this address: https://xn--schcke-yxa.de/nextcloud/s/YNnRG3SXK38azXG — ideally with your BotVac, but more importantly, you. We want to show the people.

    The deadline is Tuesday, as I’ll also need some time to prepare everything. If enough photos come in, I’ll use them—if not, I’ll scrap the whole thing. I’m excited and looking forward to your photos!

    Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
  • We expect to hand over the signature lists as early as next week. We won’t be making a big event out of it. I am no longer seeking your direct participation—as described in a previous update.
    However, a petitioner from Canada came up with the idea of collecting photos of the people affected and presenting them as a collage. This will vividly demonstrate to Vorwerk the impact on people—and at the same time, it will effectively highlight the international scope of the petition and the cross-border protest.

    So here’s the call to action: Please upload photos of yourselves to this address: https://xn--schcke-yxa.de/nextcloud/s/YNnRG3SXK38azXG — ideally with your BotVac, but more importantly, you. We want to show the people.

    The deadline is Tuesday, as I’ll also need some time to prepare everything. If enough photos come in, I’ll use them—if not, I’ll scrap the whole thing. I’m excited and looking forward to your photos!

    Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

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