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In one of the articles, they said Roomba were greatly affected by tariffs. Well, this company has been in business for a long time and should have figured out h
by mattfrommars 10mo ago
In one of the articles, they said Roomba were greatly affected by tariffs. Well, this company has been in business for a long time and should have figured out how to build roomba in the US, that would have been great innovation.
But like most US corp, they only cared about profits and stock price.
- ramraj07 10mo agoUntil this administration there was no mandate to move manufacturing home, and importantly why would any company forgo significant profit to match an ideological framework, unless the ideology is what they sell or market?
- legacynl 10mo agoThat guy from smarter every day had a great youtube video about why that's basically impossible in the US right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTGwcHQfLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTGwcHQfLY I'm not a fan of big coorps either, but these changes happened gradually over time, starting way back in probably the 50/60s. The blame is with the companies and the US government back then for allowing this critical knowledge to be lost. But Roomba didn't exist back then, and the problem is bigger than a single company. The only real solution is for the US government to invest heavily in regaining this capability for the coming 25 years. But doge and trump axed any chance of this happening so though luck i guess.
- mnau 10mo agoWon't happen. In one of those videos, they showed earnings of metal workers and other such professions. It's downwards. Unless US can solve the problem "That job doesn't pay", there is no way forward. And it can't. It's just like a textile industry. The only way is if it's all done by robots.