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Grombobuloustoday at 3:42 AM2 repliesview on HN

Yes, that's a very good company to be the owner of iRobot, because they are just a robot factory and not a near-monopoly e-commerce retailer.

They are essentially on equal footing with other robotic vacuum manufacturers. iRobot didn't go out of business or get absorbed into a larger company lowering competition in the marketplace.

It's also not the FTC's job to ensure that companies, especially ones with zero/trivial national security or domestic labor force value, remain under domestic ownership. Amazon itself is not really a "domestic" company, it's publicly traded. Anyone from any non-sanctioned country can buy shares of Amazon.


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kaonwarbtoday at 5:37 AM

How would you define a domestic company?

robocattoday at 6:46 AM

> zero/trivial national security

Huh?

Robots with vision + sounds sensors and connected to the internet in professional homes across your country are definitely a security issue.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-05/robot-vacuum-deebot-e...

One of the leaked images taken by Roomba robot vacuums shows a lady sitting on her toilet - personal.

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