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"We are pleased that Amazon and iRobot have abandoned their proposed transaction."

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/01/...





We know the FTC blocked the deal. What is this quote supposed to be showing us?

You 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.

The '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

Oops, I just assumed everyone knows who Lina Khan is and would infer the rest because I'm such a big fanboy!

I 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.



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