Amazon will scrap its planned $1.7 billion acquisition of Roomba-maker iRobot after the European Commission said the deal would restrict competition in robot vacuums. - ThreadSky

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washingtonpost.com • 401 days ago

Amazon will scrap its planned $1.7 billion acquisition of Roomba-maker iRobot after the European Commission said the deal would restrict competition in robot vacuums.

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prior-industry.bsky.social•401 days ago

iRobot was in financial problems though right? Won't they go bust now?

deathbymeteor.bsky.social•401 days ago

Well, I might actually get a Roomba later because of this. But I might stick with Shark, because Shark

achilleselbow.bsky.social•401 days ago

You have a Shark and like it? Is it a robotic one?

deathbymeteor.bsky.social•401 days ago

No, it's a stand-up vacuum but I've had it for years with only one minor issue (the carpet roller got brutally tangled, but popped off easily enough to clean off)

I do want a robotic one, not just to clean the floors, but also so I can put a little shark figurine on it and cue up the Jaws theme

achilleselbow.bsky.social•401 days ago

It’s good to have goals.