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iRobot halts its Roomba subscription service as it gets a new CEO
The program that let you pay monthly for a Roomba is gone.
But along with free replacement parts and accessories and the option to upgrade every three years, the program also enabled iRobot to shut down the vacuum remotely if you stopped paying. The move comes on the heels of iRobot announcing a new CEO, Gary Cohen, who will lead a company that’s in financial trouble after Amazon’s failed purchase attempt and layoffs that impacted over 350 employees. An executive with a track record of turning around troubled companies, Cohen has had stints at Timex, Energizer, and Playtex following almost two decades at Gillette.
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