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We know the FTC blocked the deal. What is this quote supposed to be showing us?
by zaptheimpaler 10mo ago
We know the FTC blocked the deal. What is this quote supposed to be showing us?
- renewiltord 10mo agoThe 'we' is doing a lot of work there. 'You' might know, but many do not and explicitly have different views. An example thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46330028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46330028
- zaptheimpaler 10mo agoOops, I just assumed everyone knows who Lina Khan is and would infer the rest because I'm such a big fanboy!
- piker 10mo agoI wasn’t aware. It’s kind of useful to imagine a world where those products and the backing of Amazon. I’m not familiar with the market, but I can imagine availability of cheap competitors was the proximate cause of this company’s demise.
- yftsui 10mo agoYou know Lina Khan lead FTC blocked the deal, but if you check the thread, huge amount of folks aren’t aware of this fact. As an owner of 2 iRobot Roomba I feel so “protected” now, they may become a brick or spy of a foreign company.