10.01.2026, 00:14

Extended signing period. Still a decent amount of signatures coming in, though declining. So I guess in February it'll be over.


Neues Zeichnungsende: 11.02.2026
Unterschriften zum Zeitpunkt der Änderung: 3573

09.01.2026, 17:37

Dear petitioners,

The tech blog WeSpeakIOT has posed a few questions to Vorwerk.

This interesting article can be viewed here: www.wespeakiot.com/de/cloud-aus-vertrauen-weg-jetzt-spricht-vorwerk-zum-ende-der-smarten-neato-roboter/

Meanwhile, the surge in signatures has now subsided. We are therefore grateful for any sharing and distribution of the petition!

23.12.2025, 17:41

Dear undersigned,

I am completely stunned. Two days ago I celebrated the record of 64 signatures in a single day. Yesterday, we collected 182. Today, we have 318 signatures and counting!

How is that possible? Very "easy": By your help! In this case, one of our French undersigned, Corentin Huot, took initiative and (quote): "contacted multiple local and national media outlets in France (consumer, tech and general press) to alert them about the shutdown and its consequences. [...] reached out to French members of parliament as well as French Members of the European Parliament to ask them to intervene on consumer protection, sustainability and forced obsolescence grounds. [...] submitted a formal report to the French consumer protection authority (DGCCRF), describing the situation as a potential case of misleading commercial practice and software-driven planned obsolescence."

By this action, a big French news portal caught awareness and posted a news - and the rest is history: Since that day, numbers are exploding!

And this is what I would like to beg you: Please, wherever you are, try to share the petition. Get in touch with your local / national news portals, tech websites, consumer protection agencies. Whatever it is that comes to your mind. I can only do so much in my country - you know yours best! Corentine's story shows in an impressive manner, what kind of impact you can have.
And even if it isn't a similar big hit: We are over 2000 undersigned now. Even if anybody generates just one more signature - we'll be closing in to 5'000 signatures.
And - who knows - maybe the one undersigned that YOU generate has contacts that help generate hundreds more?
If Corentine had not heard about this petition, we would be short several hundred signatures - and counting.

Get the word out!

Have a nice holiday season! Thanks to you all, and to Corentine especially today.

23.12.2025

stadt-bremerhaven.de/neato-saugroboter-mit-esp32-und-home-assistant-weiter-nutzen/

22.12.2025

www.lesnumeriques.com/aspirateur-robot/appuyez-sur-le-bouton-et-taisez-vous-la-fin-des-aspirateurs-robots-neato-provoque-une-fronde-des-utilisateurs-n248550.html

22.12.2025, 02:53

We are now at nearly 1900 signatures, and yesterday marked a great achievement: It was the day with most signatures. 64 people signed yesterday.

This is great not only because it's a high number, but because it's highly unusual, given the age of the petition: It has started more than two months ago. Usually, petitions peak early after opening up and then steadily decline.

I can only assume that the petition is spreading around the world, and catching more and more attention. If we keep this pace, I am hopeful we can catch media attention on the topic.

So please keep sharing. And remember to share with everyone on your household as well!

15.12.2025, 16:19

Dear undersigned,

I am still amazed by the longevity this petition is showing. Yesterday, 52 new signatures came in - which is one of the best days since start of the petition more than two months ago!
As long as this rate keeps, I am hopeful to get something rolling with this petition.

Yet, it is still only a petition. Vorwerk can decide to ignore it, if reputation is irrelevant to them. Thus I am happy that there are other creative and diligent people who also find ways to fight the situation that Vorwerk has created. Today I would like to show two of them.

Please be aware: I am not affiliated to any of the two and do not take ownership. I can not be held responsible for what these people do.

1- Reddit user shaman79 (www.reddit.com/user/shaman79/) claims to prepare a class action lawsuit. You can find all information on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/NeatoRobotics/comments/1piifcf/legal_action_collecting_affected_users/ - including information on how to take part.
(Disclaimer: I do not know this user and can not be held responsible for this user's activity, especially for the data collection of that user as part of the process)
2- Reddit user Aggravating_Gur_4710 (www.reddit.com/user/Aggravating_Gur_4710/) haS created a way to connect your bricked Neato Botvac to Home Assistant (an Open Source smart home solution, see www.home-assistant.io/) in order to revive it.
It includes setting up an ESP32 (a micro computer on a single chip for development) and connecting it to the Neato's ports. You can find all the information on GitHub: github.com/philip2809/neato-connected - and they also provide a chat server on Discord for helping out: discord.gg/PAgwhWvyD8
(Again, I can not be held responsible for their approach or damages possibly done by that.)

I am amazed, especially by this last approach: This can really solve the issue, even if all legal ways might fail.

Let's keep all the efforts going - and please keep spreading the word of the petition. I hope to be able to get some traction via press/media - therefor more signatures are needed.

04.12.2025, 16:42

Dear undersigned,

I have just extended the signature collection phase for one month. Since the cloud shutdown is still ongoing (my neato is still online...) and signatures keep coming in at a decent rate, I want to keep collecting.

Please spread the word. Let your friends and family sign and share through social media!

Thanks for your support!