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Re:Amazon terminates iRobot deal, vacuum maker to lay off 31... by madeofpalk on Monday January 29, 2024 @08:05PM (#39185073)
What if allowing Amazon to purchase iRobot harms the market and shuts down three other competing companies, sending many more people out of a job. Oh, and iRobot still lays of people because they can share a bunch of functions with Amazon now.
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Re:Amazon terminates iRobot deal, vacuum maker to lay off 31... by cowsandmilk on Monday January 29, 2024 @08:16PM (#39185171)
What Amazon acquisitions have put other companies out of business?

Amazon bought Eero, yet I haven’t seen other WiFi router companies go out of business.

Amazon bought Ring, then a competitor was so successful that Amazon bought Blink.

This notion that Amazon’s acquisition would put competitors out of business seems to be a weird dream. Especially when it is known an easier path to “unfairly compete” would be to just create an Amazon-labeled robotic vacuum and put that on the market.

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