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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by jhanschoo on Monday December 15, 2025 @06:43AM (#46273213)
So why would 3D printer companies in China bother innovating rather than sit back and cash the government check?
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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by komali2 on Monday December 15, 2025 @07:14AM (#46273490)
Because the owners want to get rich, not live as pensioners.
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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by typewithrhythm on Monday December 15, 2025 @06:52AM (#46273292)
Why does anyone innovate? When I sell something I don't care if the dollars come from the end user or the subsidy, I just want more of them.
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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by 6510 on Monday December 15, 2025 @06:50AM (#46273274)
Because there are over 200 competing 3d printing companies in China.
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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by expedition32 on Monday December 15, 2025 @06:55AM (#46273318)
Because China is actually a capitalist free market economy not a communist one.

Chinese companies compete with eachother ferociously. And Chinese society itself is dog eat dog. Everyone wants to make money.

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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by cluckindan on Monday December 15, 2025 @09:23AM (#46274912)
Well, save for the part where the government directs the parts of the economy they care about.
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