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   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Lynn McGuire  schrieb:   
   > On 12/25/2025 3:41 PM, Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >> Lynn McGuire  schrieb:   
   >>> On 12/25/2025 3:38 AM, Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >>>> Lynn McGuire  schrieb:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Wow, Roomba just file bankruptcy.  “Roomba’s bankruptcy may wreck a   
   lot   
   >>>>> more than one robot vacuum maker”   
   >>>>   
   >>>> [...]   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Killed by the Chinese knockoffs. Probably from the same manufacturing   
   line.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Plus tariffs on imports from Vietnam.   
   >>>   
   >>> The tariffs just started this year, 2025.  The Chinese knockoffs started   
   >>> a decade ago.   
   >>   
   >> IRobot's bancrupcy was in 2025, not a decade ago.   
   >   
   > The financial problems started quite a few years ago.  Amazon tried to   
   > buy IRobot a few years ago and Biden's government kept that from happening.   
      
   And the tarrifs broke the company's back. This is also mentioned   
   in the article that you quoted, by the way.   
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