[grandmczeb]

So what is iRobot’s bankruptcy evidence of?

[klooney]

The fact that Chinese dominance in the world of atoms made its position untenable.

[CamperBob2]

Evidence that you can only coast for so long on patents. Eventually you have to get back to work and provide value to customers.

[bornfreddy]

And also that the patents matter only if your competitors are actually bound by them. If not (China) then there is zero value in them.

[sealeck]

That if Amazon acquired it, this would enable it to horizontally integrate and take control of yet another market? This, eventually, woudl lead to lower prices for consumers...

[bryant]

> This, eventually, woudl lead to lower prices for consumers...

What incentive would Amazon have to drop prices after vertical integration is done?

[conscion]

That Amazon wasn't acquiring it for it's business acumen and was actually acquiring it for some secondary purpose (i.e. market consolidation, data extraction)