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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 17:54, 5 April 2026&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l11&quot;&gt;Line 11:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Litter-Robot is a brand of automatic, self-cleaning litter boxes manufactured by Whisker&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;whisker-about&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=24 Oct 2025 |title=Your cats, our everything. |url=https://www.whisker.com/about-us |url-status=live |access-date=24 Oct 2025 |website=Whisker |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260207134259/https://www.whisker.com/about-us |archive-date=7 Feb 2026}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, a Michigan-based pet technology company formerly known as Automated Pet Care Products, Inc. a/k/a AutoPets.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;pondera&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pondera-holdings-leads-a-31m-recapitalization-of-autopets-maker-of-the-litter-robot-300969177.html ([http://web.archive.org/web/20241016022541/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pondera-holdings-leads-a-31m-recapitalization-of-autopets-maker-of-the-litter-robot-300969177.html Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Litter-Robot is a brand of automatic, self-cleaning litter boxes manufactured by Whisker&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;whisker-about&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=24 Oct 2025 |title=Your cats, our everything. |url=https://www.whisker.com/about-us |url-status=live |access-date=24 Oct 2025 |website=Whisker |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260207134259/https://www.whisker.com/about-us |archive-date=7 Feb 2026}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, a Michigan-based pet technology company formerly known as Automated Pet Care Products, Inc. a/k/a AutoPets.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;pondera&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pondera-holdings-leads-a-31m-recapitalization-of-autopets-maker-of-the-litter-robot-300969177.html ([http://web.archive.org/web/20241016022541/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pondera-holdings-leads-a-31m-recapitalization-of-autopets-maker-of-the-litter-robot-300969177.html Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Following Whisker&#039;s October 2025 announcement and preorder launch of the Litter-Robot 5 line, online user communities quickly began aggregating widespread consumer reports. The launch introduced the camera-equipped LR5 Pro and a new Whisker+ subscription.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-announce-reddit&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1occvn9/introducing_litterrobot_5_pro_litterrobot_5/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-whisker&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-5 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260112225541/https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-5 Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; These communities, primarily the official Whisker run r/litterrobot subreddit and the independent r/LitterRobotCommunity, served as hubs for aggregating complaints about hardware failures, firmware and application bugs, and shipping delays for early-access orders.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;litterrobot-subreddit&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They also recorded a significant volume of warranty and support complaints.  These user reports, combined with longstanding complaints on third-party consumer websites&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;bbb&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.bbb.org/us/mi/auburn-hills/profile/pet-supplies/whisker-0372-49002822/complaints&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, serve as the main public record of the dispute between owners and the company.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Following Whisker&#039;s October 2025 announcement and preorder launch of the Litter-Robot 5 line, online user communities quickly began aggregating widespread consumer reports. The launch introduced the camera-equipped LR5 Pro and a new Whisker+ subscription.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-announce-reddit&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1occvn9/introducing_litterrobot_5_pro_litterrobot_5/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-whisker&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-5 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260112225541/https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-5 Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; These communities, primarily the official Whisker run r/litterrobot subreddit and the independent r/LitterRobotCommunity, served as hubs for aggregating complaints about hardware failures, firmware and application bugs, and shipping delays for early-access orders.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;litterrobot-subreddit&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They also recorded a significant volume of warranty and support complaints.  These user reports, combined with longstanding complaints on third-party consumer websites&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;bbb&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.bbb.org/us/mi/auburn-hills/profile/pet-supplies/whisker-0372-49002822/complaints &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([https://web.archive.org/web/20260405171953/https://www.bbb.org/us/mi/auburn-hills/profile/pet-supplies/whisker-0372-49002822/complaints Archive])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, serve as the main public record of the dispute between owners and the company.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Parallel reporting documented similar issues with Litter-Robot 4 units, indicating broader product reliability concerns beyond the new LR5 line. &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr4-shipping&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oeqpwy/only_received_litter_hopper/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr4-frustration&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oda1fg/im_starting_to_absolutely_despise_this_company/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Parallel reporting documented similar issues with Litter-Robot 4 units, indicating broader product reliability concerns beyond the new LR5 line. &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr4-shipping&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oeqpwy/only_received_litter_hopper/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr4-frustration&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oda1fg/im_starting_to_absolutely_despise_this_company/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Community fragmentation and independent subreddit formation (Oct 22)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Community fragmentation and independent subreddit formation (Oct 22)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In direct response to the allegations of account manipulation and perceptions of excessive company influence within the official r/litterrobot subreddit, a faction of community members created an independent forum, r/LitterRobotCommunity. The stated purpose was to host discussion and incident reporting in an environment they considered more neutral and impartial.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;community&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/LitterRobotCommunity/comments/1odbhr9/welcome_to_rlitterrobotcommunity/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In direct response to the allegations of account manipulation and perceptions of excessive company influence within the official r/litterrobot subreddit, a faction of community members created an independent forum, r/LitterRobotCommunity. The stated purpose was to host discussion and incident reporting in an environment they considered more neutral and impartial.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;community&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/LitterRobotCommunity/comments/1odbhr9/welcome_to_rlitterrobotcommunity/ &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([https://web.archive.org/web/20260405172207/https://old.reddit.com/r/LitterRobotCommunity/comments/1odbhr9/welcome_to_rlitterrobotcommunity/ Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Planned Accessory Obsolescence in LR5 Models===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Planned Accessory Obsolescence in LR5 Models===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Litter-Robot 5 and 5 Pro models introduce a new, incompatible design that prevents the units from using accessories from previous models. The automatic accessory known as the LitterHopper, currently available for the Litter-Robot 4, is confirmed to be incompatible with the new Litter-Robot 5 and 5 Pro.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;litterhopper&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;whisker&lt;/del&gt;.com/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;products&lt;/del&gt;/litter-robot&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;-4-litter-hopper&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Whisker&#039;s official product page for the Litter-Robot 4 LitterHopper explicitly states this incompatibility,&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;litterhopper&quot; /&amp;gt; while listing a LitterHopper for the LR5 models as &quot;Coming soon.&quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;verge&quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;no-hopper&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ocnmjb/no_hopper_add_on_available_for_the_new_lr5_this/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-hopper&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1odcqk8/lr5_hopper/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This signals a strategy of planned accessory obsolescence, forcing owners who upgrade to also repurchase major accessories.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Litter-Robot 5 and 5 Pro models introduce a new, incompatible design that prevents the units from using accessories from previous models. The automatic accessory known as the LitterHopper, currently available for the Litter-Robot 4, is confirmed to be incompatible with the new Litter-Robot 5 and 5 Pro.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;litterhopper&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;litter-robot&lt;/ins&gt;.com/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;litterhopper.html ([https:/&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;web.archive.org/web/20260405174605/https://www.&lt;/ins&gt;litter-robot&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.com/litterhopper.html Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Whisker&#039;s official product page for the Litter-Robot 4 LitterHopper explicitly states this incompatibility,&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;litterhopper&quot; /&amp;gt; while listing a LitterHopper for the LR5 models as &quot;Coming soon.&quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;verge&quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;no-hopper&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ocnmjb/no_hopper_add_on_available_for_the_new_lr5_this/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-hopper&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1odcqk8/lr5_hopper/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This signals a strategy of planned accessory obsolescence, forcing owners who upgrade to also repurchase major accessories.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Cloud outage and local-control concerns===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Cloud outage and local-control concerns===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l89&quot;&gt;Line 89:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 89:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot 4===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot 4===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Litter-Robot 4 is a Wi-Fi enabled self-cleaning litter box.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr4&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-4 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260217111328/https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-4 Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Its functionality is dependent on connection to Whisker&#039;s servers for remote control and firmware updates, limiting offline use.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-app&quot; /&amp;gt; While it currently lacks the AI features of newer models, its core operation is tied to proprietary firmware that users do not control. The unit can use standard waste drawer liners&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, though Whisker notes that fit may vary and could potentially impact sensor performance&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;liners&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;whisker&lt;/del&gt;.com/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;support&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;what&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;liner&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;bags-can-i-use-in-my&lt;/del&gt;-litter-robot-4&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Litter-Robot 4 is a Wi-Fi enabled self-cleaning litter box.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr4&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-4 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260217111328/https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-4 Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Its functionality is dependent on connection to Whisker&#039;s servers for remote control and firmware updates, limiting offline use.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-app&quot; /&amp;gt; While it currently lacks the AI features of newer models, its core operation is tied to proprietary firmware that users do not control. The unit can use standard waste drawer liners.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;liners&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;litter-robot&lt;/ins&gt;.com/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;manual_pdf&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Litter&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Robot&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;4&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Manual.pdf ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260304052619if_/https://www.&lt;/ins&gt;litter-robot&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.com/manual_pdf/Litter-Robot&lt;/ins&gt;-4&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;-Manual.pdf Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot 3 Connect (Discontinued)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot 3 Connect (Discontinued)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Litter-Robot 3 Connect was discontinued following the launch of the Litter-Robot 5 series with a sunset date of November 1, 2025.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;discontinued&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ocbxmg/what ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;sunset&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oclcow/comment/nko7sbu/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; While it offered Wi-Fi connectivity, its functionality was dependent on Whisker&#039;s proprietary app and cloud servers for remote control and notifications.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr3-manual&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;learning&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;hub/&lt;/del&gt;litter-robot-3-connect&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;-manual&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The discontinuation of this model highlights the company&#039;s strategy of obsoleting hardware to drive sales of new, subscription-oriented products, leaving existing owners with a device that may see reduced support over time. Community reports suggest that a firmware update has removed the automatic cycle-on-power-up feature from the LR3 Connect, altering the out-of-the-box behavior without warning.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr3-cycle&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1of3bb8/lr3_doesnt_cycle_on_power_cycle_anymore ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Litter-Robot 3 Connect was discontinued following the launch of the Litter-Robot 5 series with a sunset date of November 1, 2025.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;discontinued&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ocbxmg/what ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;sunset&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oclcow/comment/nko7sbu/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; While it offered Wi-Fi connectivity, its functionality was dependent on Whisker&#039;s proprietary app and cloud servers for remote control and notifications.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr3-manual&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;litter-robot.com/support/article/&lt;/ins&gt;whisker&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;-app-onboarding-your-litter-robot-3-connect/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20250325112440/https://www.litter-robot&lt;/ins&gt;.com/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;support/article/whisker-app-onboarding-your&lt;/ins&gt;-litter-robot-3-connect&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;/ Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The discontinuation of this model highlights the company&#039;s strategy of obsoleting hardware to drive sales of new, subscription-oriented products, leaving existing owners with a device that may see reduced support over time. Community reports suggest that a firmware update has removed the automatic cycle-on-power-up feature from the LR3 Connect, altering the out-of-the-box behavior without warning.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr3-cycle&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1of3bb8/lr3_doesnt_cycle_on_power_cycle_anymore ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250716182057/https://old.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/ Archived])&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot 3 (Discontinued)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot 3 (Discontinued)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Litter-Robot 3 was the core, non-connected model priced at $499. It featured the same patented sifting system as the Connect version but operated as a standalone unit without Wi-Fi connectivity or a companion app.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr3&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;whisker&lt;/del&gt;.com/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;products&lt;/del&gt;/litter-robot-3&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This model required users to rely on the unit&#039;s control panel for status information and did not receive remote updates, representing a product with fewer dependencies on the manufacturer&#039;s cloud infrastructure.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Litter-Robot 3 was the core, non-connected model priced at $499. It featured the same patented sifting system as the Connect version but operated as a standalone unit without Wi-Fi connectivity or a companion app.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr3&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;litter-robot&lt;/ins&gt;.com/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;manual_pdf&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Litter-Robot-3-Manual.pdf ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260405172341if_/https://www.&lt;/ins&gt;litter-robot&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.com/manual_pdf/Litter-Robot&lt;/ins&gt;-3&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;-Manual.pdf Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This model required users to rely on the unit&#039;s control panel for status information and did not receive remote updates, representing a product with fewer dependencies on the manufacturer&#039;s cloud infrastructure.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==See also==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==See also==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[Peloton]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- For tying the full functionality of hardware (bikes/treads) to an ongoing, mandatory subscription fee for access to core features.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;peloton&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/07/peloton-new-pricing-strategy-makes-app-necessary-for-bike-tread.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[Peloton]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[John Deere]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- For using proprietary software and firmware to lock owners out of repairing or modifying the equipment they own, creating a dependency on the manufacturer.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;deere&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.wired.com/story/john-deere-right-to-repair/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[John Deere]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[Tesla]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- For selling hardware with capabilities already built-in, then requiring an additional payment to &quot;unlock&quot; them via a software update, a direct parallel to software-based feature paywalling.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;tesla&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/12/13923314/tesla-software-upgrade-battery-capacity-increase&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[Tesla]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Logo=LitterRobot 4,.jpg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Logo=LitterRobot 4,.jpg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Litter-Robot is a brand of automatic, self-cleaning litter boxes manufactured by Whisker&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-about&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=24 Oct 2025 |title=Your cats, our everything. |url=https://www.whisker.com/about-us |url-status=live |access-date=24 Oct 2025 |website=Whisker}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, a Michigan-based pet technology company formerly known as Automated Pet Care Products, Inc. a/k/a AutoPets.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;pondera&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pondera-holdings-leads-a-31m-recapitalization-of-autopets-maker-of-the-litter-robot-300969177.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Litter-Robot is a brand of automatic, self-cleaning litter boxes manufactured by Whisker&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-about&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=24 Oct 2025 |title=Your cats, our everything. |url=https://www.whisker.com/about-us |url-status=live |access-date=24 Oct 2025 |website=Whisker &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260207134259/https://www.whisker.com/about-us |archive-date=7 Feb 2026&lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, a Michigan-based pet technology company formerly known as Automated Pet Care Products, Inc. a/k/a AutoPets.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;pondera&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pondera-holdings-leads-a-31m-recapitalization-of-autopets-maker-of-the-litter-robot-300969177.html &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20241016022541/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pondera-holdings-leads-a-31m-recapitalization-of-autopets-maker-of-the-litter-robot-300969177.html Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Following Whisker&amp;#039;s October 2025 announcement and preorder launch of the Litter-Robot 5 line, online user communities quickly began aggregating widespread consumer reports. The launch introduced the camera-equipped LR5 Pro and a new Whisker+ subscription.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr5-announce-reddit&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1occvn9/introducing_litterrobot_5_pro_litterrobot_5/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr5-whisker&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-5&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; These communities, primarily the official Whisker run r/litterrobot subreddit and the independent r/LitterRobotCommunity, served as hubs for aggregating complaints about hardware failures, firmware and application bugs, and shipping delays for early-access orders.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;litterrobot-subreddit&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They also recorded a significant volume of warranty and support complaints.  These user reports, combined with longstanding complaints on third-party consumer websites&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bbb&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.bbb.org/us/mi/auburn-hills/profile/pet-supplies/whisker-0372-49002822/complaints&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, serve as the main public record of the dispute between owners and the company.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Following Whisker&amp;#039;s October 2025 announcement and preorder launch of the Litter-Robot 5 line, online user communities quickly began aggregating widespread consumer reports. The launch introduced the camera-equipped LR5 Pro and a new Whisker+ subscription.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr5-announce-reddit&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1occvn9/introducing_litterrobot_5_pro_litterrobot_5/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr5-whisker&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-5&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; These communities, primarily the official Whisker run r/litterrobot subreddit and the independent r/LitterRobotCommunity, served as hubs for aggregating complaints about hardware failures, firmware and application bugs, and shipping delays for early-access orders.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;litterrobot-subreddit&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They also recorded a significant volume of warranty and support complaints.  These user reports, combined with longstanding complaints on third-party consumer websites&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bbb&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.bbb.org/us/mi/auburn-hills/profile/pet-supplies/whisker-0372-49002822/complaints&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, serve as the main public record of the dispute between owners and the company.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l17&quot;&gt;Line 17:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 17:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Consumer-impact summary==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Consumer-impact summary==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whisker&#039;s Litter-Robot devices rely on proprietary software and firmware. To access core features like cycle history, visit history, and remote activation users must register the device through the Whisker app and create an account.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-app&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/whisker-app&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The unit&#039;s connection to the company&#039;s servers is required for these functions, which restricts the device&#039;s operation in an offline state.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;offline&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1odbpm6/offline_mode_or_no_internet_use_possible/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Furthermore, Whisker enforces a policy of automatic firmware updates, granting the company the ability to unilaterally alter device functionality after purchase.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;firmware-update&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.litter-robot.com/support/article/litter-robot-firmware-update-instructions/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whisker&#039;s Litter-Robot devices rely on proprietary software and firmware. To access core features like cycle history, visit history, and remote activation users must register the device through the Whisker app and create an account.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-app&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/whisker-app &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20251208043148/https://www.whisker.com/whisker-app Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The unit&#039;s connection to the company&#039;s servers is required for these functions, which restricts the device&#039;s operation in an offline state.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;offline&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1odbpm6/offline_mode_or_no_internet_use_possible/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Furthermore, Whisker enforces a policy of automatic firmware updates, granting the company the ability to unilaterally alter device functionality after purchase.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;firmware-update&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.litter-robot.com/support/article/litter-robot-firmware-update-instructions/ &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20251104211743/https://www.litter-robot.com/support/article/litter-robot-firmware-update-instructions/ Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The latest model, the LR5 Pro, incorporates dual cameras to enable &quot;AI waste detection&quot; and optional pet identification. According to the company&#039;s privacy policy, the AI processing for these features is handled in the cloud, raising questions among users about the collection and use of image data.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-pro&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-5-pro&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;legal&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.litter-robot.com/legal.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;forbes&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykarcz/2025/10/21/whisker-litter-robot-5-pro-uses-ai-to-identify-your-cat-and-its-poop/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-pro-page&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.litter-robot.com/litter-robot-5-pro.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-plus&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/whisker-plus&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The latest model, the LR5 Pro, incorporates dual cameras to enable &quot;AI waste detection&quot; and optional pet identification. According to the company&#039;s privacy policy, the AI processing for these features is handled in the cloud, raising questions among users about the collection and use of image data.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-pro&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-5-pro &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20260116141151/https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-5-pro Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;legal&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.litter-robot.com/legal.html &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20260128120344/https://www.litter-robot.com/legal.html Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;forbes&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykarcz/2025/10/21/whisker-litter-robot-5-pro-uses-ai-to-identify-your-cat-and-its-poop/ &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20251125201748/https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykarcz/2025/10/21/whisker-litter-robot-5-pro-uses-ai-to-identify-your-cat-and-its-poop/ Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-pro-page&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.litter-robot.com/litter-robot-5-pro.html &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20260217125407/https://www.litter-robot.com/litter-robot-5-pro.html Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-plus&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/whisker-plus &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20251202004525/https://www.whisker.com/whisker-plus Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whisker&#039;s introduction of the Whisker+ subscription ties certain functionality such as extended warranty coverage, automatic supplies delivery, expanded app analytics, and pertinent health information/notifications to a monthly fee.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;verge&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.theverge.com/news/803249/whisker-litter-robot-5-pro-price-specs-features-launch-date&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-robots&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/whisker-robots&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whisker&#039;s introduction of the Whisker+ subscription ties certain functionality such as extended warranty coverage, automatic supplies delivery, expanded app analytics, and pertinent health information/notifications to a monthly fee.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;verge&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.theverge.com/news/803249/whisker-litter-robot-5-pro-price-specs-features-launch-date &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20251122113941/https://www.theverge.com/news/803249/whisker-litter-robot-5-pro-price-specs-features-launch-date Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-robots&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/whisker-robots &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20251223154241/https://www.whisker.com/whisker-robots Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Building on this precedent, existing owners of the previous-generation LR4 model have expressed concern that Whisker could, via a firmware update, similarly restrict access to core features behind its Whisker+ subscription. &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr5-vitriol&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ocnwh0/lr5_reveal_and_the_vitriol_against_this_brand_has/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The LR4 already relies on a cloud connection for remote control and data syncing, and its sensor suite is capable of generating the same analytics now monetized for the LR5 Pro. Given the company&amp;#039;s now established framework for paywalling features, a future update could reclassify the LR4&amp;#039;s current functionalities (such as cycle history or health notifications) as &amp;quot;premium&amp;quot; services, fundamentally altering the device&amp;#039;s value after purchase. This potential for feature deprecation highlights the risks of cloud-dependent hardware, where functionality is not guaranteed but is subject to change based on the manufacturer&amp;#039;s business decisions.  The forced automatic firmware updates&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;firmware-update&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; only add to this fear.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Building on this precedent, existing owners of the previous-generation LR4 model have expressed concern that Whisker could, via a firmware update, similarly restrict access to core features behind its Whisker+ subscription. &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr5-vitriol&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ocnwh0/lr5_reveal_and_the_vitriol_against_this_brand_has/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The LR4 already relies on a cloud connection for remote control and data syncing, and its sensor suite is capable of generating the same analytics now monetized for the LR5 Pro. Given the company&amp;#039;s now established framework for paywalling features, a future update could reclassify the LR4&amp;#039;s current functionalities (such as cycle history or health notifications) as &amp;quot;premium&amp;quot; services, fundamentally altering the device&amp;#039;s value after purchase. This potential for feature deprecation highlights the risks of cloud-dependent hardware, where functionality is not guaranteed but is subject to change based on the manufacturer&amp;#039;s business decisions.  The forced automatic firmware updates&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;firmware-update&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; only add to this fear.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l43&quot;&gt;Line 43:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===LR5 product announcement and immediate community backlash (Oct 21–22, 2025)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===LR5 product announcement and immediate community backlash (Oct 21–22, 2025)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whisker publicly announced the Litter-Robot 5 product line, which includes the Litter-Robot 5 Pro, Litter-Robot 5, and Litter-Robot EVO models, alongside a new Whisker+ subscription service. The announcement was posted to the r/litterrobot subreddit by a Reddit account publicly identified as the company&#039;s CEO.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-announce-reddit&quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;ceo&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/blog/jacob-zuppke-seo-nerd-turned-pet-tech-ceo-now-building-the-future-of-whisker&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the hours and days that followed, the announcement post and subsequent dedicated threads generated a high volume of user comments expressing concerns about the new subscription model, privacy implications of camera-based AI features, product pricing, and increased mechanical complexity.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-vitriol&quot; /&amp;gt; This post remains a central point for official company statements and associated community feedback.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whisker publicly announced the Litter-Robot 5 product line, which includes the Litter-Robot 5 Pro, Litter-Robot 5, and Litter-Robot EVO models, alongside a new Whisker+ subscription service. The announcement was posted to the r/litterrobot subreddit by a Reddit account publicly identified as the company&#039;s CEO.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-announce-reddit&quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;ceo&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/blog/jacob-zuppke-seo-nerd-turned-pet-tech-ceo-now-building-the-future-of-whisker &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20251105012748/https://www.whisker.com/blog/jacob-zuppke-seo-nerd-turned-pet-tech-ceo-now-building-the-future-of-whisker Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the hours and days that followed, the announcement post and subsequent dedicated threads generated a high volume of user comments expressing concerns about the new subscription model, privacy implications of camera-based AI features, product pricing, and increased mechanical complexity.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr5-vitriol&quot; /&amp;gt; This post remains a central point for official company statements and associated community feedback.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Early LR5 hardware and firmware failure reports (Oct 22 2025, ongoing)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Early LR5 hardware and firmware failure reports (Oct 22 2025, ongoing)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l86&quot;&gt;Line 86:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 86:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot EVO===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot EVO===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	The Litter-Robot EVO is a more compact version of the self-cleaning litter box. Like other models, it requires the Whisker app and a user account for full functionality, including usage history. The device&#039;s operation is governed by Whisker&#039;s proprietary software, and users have no ability to modify or independently service the firmware.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;evo&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-evo&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-app&quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	The Litter-Robot EVO is a more compact version of the self-cleaning litter box. Like other models, it requires the Whisker app and a user account for full functionality, including usage history. The device&#039;s operation is governed by Whisker&#039;s proprietary software, and users have no ability to modify or independently service the firmware.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;evo&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-evo &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20251226053859/https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-evo Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-app&quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot 4===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot 4===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Litter-Robot 4 is a Wi-Fi enabled self-cleaning litter box.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr4&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-4&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Its functionality is dependent on connection to Whisker&#039;s servers for remote control and firmware updates, limiting offline use.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-app&quot; /&amp;gt; While it currently lacks the AI features of newer models, its core operation is tied to proprietary firmware that users do not control. The unit can use standard waste drawer liners, though Whisker notes that fit may vary and could potentially impact sensor performance.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;liners&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/support/what-liner-bags-can-i-use-in-my-litter-robot-4&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Litter-Robot 4 is a Wi-Fi enabled self-cleaning litter box.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;lr4&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-4 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([http://web.archive.org/web/20260217111328/https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-4 Archived])&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Its functionality is dependent on connection to Whisker&#039;s servers for remote control and firmware updates, limiting offline use.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-app&quot; /&amp;gt; While it currently lacks the AI features of newer models, its core operation is tied to proprietary firmware that users do not control. The unit can use standard waste drawer liners, though Whisker notes that fit may vary and could potentially impact sensor performance.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;liners&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/support/what-liner-bags-can-i-use-in-my-litter-robot-4&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot 3 Connect (Discontinued)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Litter-Robot 3 Connect (Discontinued)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whisker explicitly markets extended data history and expanded analytical insights as exclusive features of its Whisker+ subscription, which costs $7.99 per month or $79.99 per year.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;whisker-plus-page&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/pages/whisker-plus&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; While the free Whisker app provides basic notifications and tracks general litter box usage, the subscription is required for &amp;quot;detailed analysis of data trends,&amp;quot; longer data retention, and access to video footage from the Litter-Robot 5 Pro&amp;#039;s cameras.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whisker explicitly markets extended data history and expanded analytical insights as exclusive features of its Whisker+ subscription, which costs $7.99 per month or $79.99 per year.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;whisker-plus-page&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/pages/whisker-plus&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; While the free Whisker app provides basic notifications and tracks general litter box usage, the subscription is required for &amp;quot;detailed analysis of data trends,&amp;quot; longer data retention, and access to video footage from the Litter-Robot 5 Pro&amp;#039;s cameras.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Following the launch of the Litter-Robot 5 series, community members reported that features such as detailed visit-duration history and multi-day cycle logs were being limited in the free tier or gated behind the Whisker+ paywall.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;visit-paywall&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oedju9/visit_duration_hidden_behind_a_paywall_hides/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;visit-duration&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1odpetf/is_the_visit_duration_feature_for_the_lr4_going/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; These reports have sparked concern among owners who view this as the loss of a previously accessible, free tool for monitoring their pet&#039;s health. The situation has been documented in dedicated subreddit threads where users express frustration over features they believe are being taken away.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Following the launch of the Litter-Robot 5 series, community members reported that &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;previously included &lt;/ins&gt;features such as detailed visit-duration history and multi-day cycle logs were being limited in the free tier or gated behind the Whisker+ paywall.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;visit-paywall&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oedju9/visit_duration_hidden_behind_a_paywall_hides/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;visit-duration&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1odpetf/is_the_visit_duration_feature_for_the_lr4_going/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; These reports have sparked concern among owners who view this as the loss of a previously accessible, free tool for monitoring their pet&#039;s health. The situation has been documented in dedicated subreddit threads where users express frustration over features they believe are being taken away.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Incidents==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Incidents==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Mass deletion of customer data (Nov 5, 2025)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Mass deletion of customer data (Nov 5, 2025)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On November 5, 2025, users of the Whisker mobile app reported a widespread data loss event affecting stored pet profiles and historical usage records. Multiple reports appeared on the official r/litterrobot subreddit, describing that all registered cats and associated weight and usage data had disappeared from the app following an update.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;pets-history&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oosvlb/the_app_updated_and_deleted_my_pets_history/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;deleted-cats&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oore5n/litter_robot_app_deleted_all_my_cats/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;no-historic&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ool2zj/lr4_now_no_longer_showing_historic_with/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Affected users stated that attempts to re-add pets failed, with newly entered profiles disappearing immediately after being saved.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On November 5, 2025, users of the Whisker mobile app reported a widespread data loss event affecting stored pet profiles and historical usage records. Multiple reports appeared on the official &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://reddit.com/r//litterrobot &lt;/ins&gt;r/litterrobot&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;subreddit, describing that all registered cats and associated weight and usage data had disappeared from the app following an update.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;pets-history&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oosvlb/the_app_updated_and_deleted_my_pets_history/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;deleted-cats&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oore5n/litter_robot_app_deleted_all_my_cats/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;no-historic&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ool2zj/lr4_now_no_longer_showing_historic_with/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Affected users stated that attempts to re-add pets failed, with newly entered profiles disappearing immediately after being saved.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The issue was observed across multiple app versions, including 1.23.0 and 1.27.0, with at least one report confirming recurrence even after reinstalling the app.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;deleted-cats&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; In multiple threads, users confirmed that their entire weight and litter-box usage history had been erased or rendered inaccessible. Community discussion linked this incident to broader changes in data access, including the recent introduction of Whisker&amp;#039;s paid Whisker+ subscription. The new service model gates extended data history behind a recurring fee of approximately USD 79 per year, while limiting non-paying users to viewing only one week of historical data.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;no-historic&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The issue was observed across multiple app versions, including 1.23.0 and 1.27.0, with at least one report confirming recurrence even after reinstalling the app.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;deleted-cats&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; In multiple threads, users confirmed that their entire weight and litter-box usage history had been erased or rendered inaccessible. Community discussion linked this incident to broader changes in data access, including the recent introduction of Whisker&amp;#039;s paid Whisker+ subscription. The new service model gates extended data history behind a recurring fee of approximately USD 79 per year, while limiting non-paying users to viewing only one week of historical data.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;no-historic&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<title>154.47.29.23: Converted more citations from basic to advanced</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l69&quot;&gt;Line 69:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Cloud outage and local-control concerns===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Cloud outage and local-control concerns===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Community members pointed to systemic outages as a critical flaw in the cloud-dependent architecture. Incidents such as the widespread AWS outage that disabled app features and notifications were documented as evidence of the risks associated with Whisker&#039;s design. These events reinforced community arguments for local control and offline operation, with users contending that the outages demonstrated how the appliances could become nonfunctional during connectivity problems due to the lack of an offline control option.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;aws-outage&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1odkjar/aws_outage_mess_up_anyone_elses_lr4s/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;local-control&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ocey7m/the_aws_outage_proves_how_important_local_control/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;app-issues&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ocjebx/app_inaccurate_notification_issues_maybe_related/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;without-wifi&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1odvdlb/can_i_use_lr5_without_wifi_like_i_do_my_4/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;home-automation&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oe5npz/access_litter_robot_through_home_automation/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Community members pointed to systemic outages as a critical flaw in the cloud-dependent architecture. Incidents such as the widespread AWS outage that disabled app features and notifications were documented as evidence of the risks associated with Whisker&#039;s design. These events reinforced community arguments for local control and offline operation, with users contending that the outages demonstrated how the appliances could become nonfunctional during connectivity problems due to the lack of an offline control option.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;aws-outage&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |date=22 Oct 2025 |title=AWS outage mess up anyone else&#039;s LR4&#039;s? |url=&lt;/ins&gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1odkjar/aws_outage_mess_up_anyone_elses_lr4s/ &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|url-status=live |access-date=26 Jan 2026 |website=Reddit}}&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;local-control&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |date=21 Oct 2025 |title=The AWS outage proves how important local control is |url=&lt;/ins&gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ocey7m/the_aws_outage_proves_how_important_local_control/ &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|url-status=live |access-date=26 Jan 2026 |website=Reddit}}&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;app-issues&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |date=21 Oct 2025 |title=App / Inaccurate Notification Issues (maybe related to AWS outage, maybe not) |url=&lt;/ins&gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1ocjebx/app_inaccurate_notification_issues_maybe_related/ &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|url-status=live |access-date=26 Jan 2026 |website=Reddit}}&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;without-wifi&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |date=23 Oct 2025 |title=Can I use lr5 without WiFi like I do my 4 |url=&lt;/ins&gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1odvdlb/can_i_use_lr5_without_wifi_like_i_do_my_4/ &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|url-status=live |access-date=26 Jan 2026 |website=Reddit}}&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;home-automation&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |date=23 Oct 2025 |title=Access Litter Robot through Home Automation |url=&lt;/ins&gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oe5npz/access_litter_robot_through_home_automation/ &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|access-date=26 Jan 2026 |website=Reddit}}&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Implementation of Mandatory Automatic Firmware Updates (On or about September 30, 2025)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Implementation of Mandatory Automatic Firmware Updates (On or about September 30, 2025)===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<id>https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Litter_Robot&amp;diff=35222&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>154.47.29.23: Converted 1 citation</title>
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		<updated>2026-01-26T18:52:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Converted 1 citation&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 18:52, 26 January 2026&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l9&quot;&gt;Line 9:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Logo=LitterRobot 4,.jpg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Logo=LitterRobot 4,.jpg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Litter-Robot is a brand of automatic, self-cleaning litter boxes manufactured by Whisker&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-about&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/about-us&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, a Michigan-based pet technology company formerly known as Automated Pet Care Products, Inc. a/k/a AutoPets.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;pondera&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pondera-holdings-leads-a-31m-recapitalization-of-autopets-maker-of-the-litter-robot-300969177.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Litter-Robot is a brand of automatic, self-cleaning litter boxes manufactured by Whisker&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;whisker-about&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |date=24 Oct 2025 |title=Your cats, our everything. |url=&lt;/ins&gt;https://www.whisker.com/about-us &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|url-status=live |access-date=24 Oct 2025 |website=Whisker}}&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, a Michigan-based pet technology company formerly known as Automated Pet Care Products, Inc. a/k/a AutoPets.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;pondera&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pondera-holdings-leads-a-31m-recapitalization-of-autopets-maker-of-the-litter-robot-300969177.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Following Whisker&amp;#039;s October 2025 announcement and preorder launch of the Litter-Robot 5 line, online user communities quickly began aggregating widespread consumer reports. The launch introduced the camera-equipped LR5 Pro and a new Whisker+ subscription.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr5-announce-reddit&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1occvn9/introducing_litterrobot_5_pro_litterrobot_5/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr5-whisker&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-5&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; These communities, primarily the official Whisker run r/litterrobot subreddit and the independent r/LitterRobotCommunity, served as hubs for aggregating complaints about hardware failures, firmware and application bugs, and shipping delays for early-access orders.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;litterrobot-subreddit&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They also recorded a significant volume of warranty and support complaints.  These user reports, combined with longstanding complaints on third-party consumer websites&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bbb&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.bbb.org/us/mi/auburn-hills/profile/pet-supplies/whisker-0372-49002822/complaints&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, serve as the main public record of the dispute between owners and the company.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Following Whisker&amp;#039;s October 2025 announcement and preorder launch of the Litter-Robot 5 line, online user communities quickly began aggregating widespread consumer reports. The launch introduced the camera-equipped LR5 Pro and a new Whisker+ subscription.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr5-announce-reddit&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1occvn9/introducing_litterrobot_5_pro_litterrobot_5/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lr5-whisker&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.whisker.com/litter-robot-5&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; These communities, primarily the official Whisker run r/litterrobot subreddit and the independent r/LitterRobotCommunity, served as hubs for aggregating complaints about hardware failures, firmware and application bugs, and shipping delays for early-access orders.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;litterrobot-subreddit&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They also recorded a significant volume of warranty and support complaints.  These user reports, combined with longstanding complaints on third-party consumer websites&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bbb&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.bbb.org/us/mi/auburn-hills/profile/pet-supplies/whisker-0372-49002822/complaints&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, serve as the main public record of the dispute between owners and the company.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<id>https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Litter_Robot&amp;diff=30958&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: removing incomplete, nothing major whatsoever and there&#039;s like 60 refs, I&#039;M NOT DOING THAT!!!</title>
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		<updated>2025-11-23T19:32:43Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;removing incomplete, nothing major whatsoever and there&amp;#039;s like 60 refs, I&amp;#039;M NOT DOING THAT!!!&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 19:32, 23 November 2025&lt;/td&gt;
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		<id>https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Litter_Robot&amp;diff=29725&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>InsertUsername: Added a new incident</title>
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		<updated>2025-11-05T21:20:38Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Added a new incident&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 21:20, 5 November 2025&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l39&quot;&gt;Line 39:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whisker representatives, posting under the official &amp;quot;TeamWhisker🐱&amp;quot; account, responded to each thread with nearly identical messages requesting that affected users send private messages for individual assistance.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;pets-history&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;deleted-cats&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; No public explanation or root cause statement was provided on the subreddit at the time. Some users later reported that updating to app version 1.28.0 restored their pet profiles and data, while others continued to experience missing or repeatedly deleted entries even after the update.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;pets-history&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whisker representatives, posting under the official &amp;quot;TeamWhisker🐱&amp;quot; account, responded to each thread with nearly identical messages requesting that affected users send private messages for individual assistance.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;pets-history&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;deleted-cats&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; No public explanation or root cause statement was provided on the subreddit at the time. Some users later reported that updating to app version 1.28.0 restored their pet profiles and data, while others continued to experience missing or repeatedly deleted entries even after the update.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;pets-history&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Community responses characterized the incident as a mass deletion of customer data and expressed frustration that critical pet health information could be lost or restricted to a paywalled service tier. Several users also questioned whether the loss represented a transient server issue or a deliberate change in data retention policy, citing the lack of transparency and communication from Whisker as a recurring problem. Whisker&#039;s President and CEO Jacob Zuppke had previously stated, &quot;We are not gating previously free features available for Litter-Robot 3 or Litter-Robot 4,&quot; doubling down when asked with, &quot;Yes! We are not gating any current available features behind a paywall.&quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;no-paywall&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oco1of/comment/nko2pyc/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; but it &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;now &lt;/del&gt;appears that data previously available for 30 days is now only available for 7 with no local storage option for longer periods.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Community responses characterized the incident as a mass deletion of customer data and expressed frustration that critical pet health information could be lost or restricted to a paywalled service tier. Several users also questioned whether the loss represented a transient server issue or a deliberate change in data retention policy, citing the lack of transparency and communication from Whisker as a recurring problem. Whisker&#039;s President and CEO Jacob Zuppke had previously stated, &quot;We are not gating previously free features available for Litter-Robot 3 or Litter-Robot 4,&quot; doubling down when asked with, &quot;Yes! We are not gating any current available features behind a paywall.&quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;no-paywall&quot;&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/litterrobot/comments/1oco1of/comment/nko2pyc/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; but it appears that data previously available for 30 days is now only available for 7 with no local storage option for longer periods.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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