this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2025
656 points (99.4% liked)

Technology

66353 readers
4590 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Troubled robot vacuum-cleaner maker iRobot, abandoned by Amazon after regulators effectively doomed the web giant's takeover offer, has warned investors it may not survive the next 12 months.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] imetators@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Haha. Ofc with these prices and features compared to some other good Chinese and other brands roomba is doomed. Like check vacuum wars on YT. Middle model roombas are on par with your typical Chinese brand robots but price is double. Basically, you pay for a brand ๐Ÿคท.

[โ€“] cornshark@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Why are the Chinese companies not collapsing too? What's different about irobot that they can't compete?

[โ€“] imetators@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago

Competitive market. Chinese brands have lower cost of production and sell their vacuums cheaper. They also took the lead with new features.

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (9 replies)