iRobot staying alive would be better than it dying from a financial death spiral. After all, who did all their competition get funded by?
Chinese tech giants (like Xiamoi for Roborock), or as OEMs for other huge companies.
Mergers and acquisitions aren’t always bad for the consumer, if it keeps options alive. Even with the obvious conflict of interests on Amazon, which it mentions, it seems pretty clear they overestimated iRobot, and consolidated the market as a consequence.
15 Comments
FrankFrankson@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 289d
Amazon doesn't need to absorb more companies. Amazon needs to be broken the fuck up.
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 289d
Was this article written by Bezos?
murmelade@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 289d
Yes.
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 289d
If you're worth 1.6 billion but need to be purchased, you're not worth anything
Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 289d
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 289d
I was 4 sentences into this garbage and thought does Amazon own this publication‽
Oh it's owned by a fucktard think tank, think heritage foundation light..
Amoxtli@thelemmy.club · -12 pts · 289d
Baloney. Her job is destroy capitalism.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 289d
Wish she’d hurry up, then.
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 289d
Good
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 289d
Bwahaha, “Reason.”
Some how it’s Liz’s fault iRobot couldn’t make money.
Amoxtli@thelemmy.club · -8 pts · 289d
Amazon acquiring iRobot isn't going to harm the economy. A bankrupted iRobot could be, though.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 289d
You’re joking, right?
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 7 pts · 289d
Hopefully someone will jailbreak the Roomba before they turn the servers off
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 289d
Pog
njm1314@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 289d
Good job Elizabeth.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 289d
I’m with the article here.
iRobot staying alive would be better than it dying from a financial death spiral. After all, who did all their competition get funded by?
Chinese tech giants (like Xiamoi for Roborock), or as OEMs for other huge companies.
Mergers and acquisitions aren’t always bad for the consumer, if it keeps options alive. Even with the obvious conflict of interests on Amazon, which it mentions, it seems pretty clear they overestimated iRobot, and consolidated the market as a consequence.