@tess This is the origins story for the start of the robot takeover. First iRobot goes bankrupt, the app gets discontinued, then the chatbots hook up with the Roombas who are sending messages out into the digisphere that go unanswered until....
@tess if I understand the article, they're dying because they stopped innovating (or stopped innovating in the areas that matter), thus losing first mover advantage to cheaper alternatives; or is there more to it?
Nothing would stop them from lifting innovations or engineers from their competitors.
My guess is that there's venture capital involved: money invested expecting such an incredible return-of-investment that it's only possible to achieve by either getting a monopoly or selling the stocks to some sucker who hasn't done the calculations (or alternatively, who has an idea to leverage the product for an AI-scam or otherwise datamine the customer registry).
@iju@jpetazzo@tess or by getting the whole company bought by big tech. I feel in a lot of cases that is essential to the business model of modern tech firms.
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