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Alternative headline: Amazon buys company that constantly maps the inside of your home https://t.co/qS16f5e5qV
— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) August 5, 2022
Amazon acquires Roomba robot vacuum makers iRobot for $1.7 billion https://t.co/PuBRIpdsn4 pic.twitter.com/Q5KHRteYWg
— The Verge (@verge) August 5, 2022
Amazon acquires Roomba robot vacuum makers iRobot for $1.7 billion https://t.co/5E3lRp5cGy pic.twitter.com/Vmi6coahkm
— The Verge (@verge) August 5, 2022
Your roomba is about to get a lot smarter, probably take your temperature, make you dinner, and go shopping for you.https://t.co/h1SI0N7CuO
— yohei.eth (@yoheinakajima) August 5, 2022
The government: Big Tech is too powerful! Facebook can’t buy a workout app!
— David Pierce (@pierce) August 5, 2022
Amazon: we own the grocery store and the doctor’s office and now we also own the robot vacuum that knows the exact floor plan of your house https://t.co/xpUrRPrEO9
お、ルンバさんがAmazonに買収された
— 深津 貴之 / THE GUILD / note.com (@fladdict) August 5, 2022
Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7 billion https://t.co/QJycdrC9Ti
huh...
— Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) August 5, 2022
One company will know your shopping/content habits (Amz/Kindle/Audible/Prime), can hear (Alexa) & see (Ring) everything in your house & body (PillPack), control HVAC (NEST), & now have a robot that can move freely in your home.
Is that wise?https://t.co/hFjHcIkuwu
AmazonがルンバメーカーのiRobotを17億ドルで買収すると発表。1株あたり61ドルの計算。
— 今村咲 (@saki_imamura) August 5, 2022
これを受けてIRBTは19.1％上昇して59.54ドルに。
Amazonにとっては4番目に大きな買収となる。https://t.co/yAWdborSDu
Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuums for roughly $1.7 billion https://t.co/bceDUw05WY
— CNBC (@CNBC) August 5, 2022
アマゾン、ルンバのiRobotを買収https://t.co/bWbZdFOTuP
— ありゃりゃ (@aryarya) August 5, 2022
Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7 billion https://t.co/7AGwJMwQyz
— CNBC (@CNBC) August 5, 2022
"#Amazon is acquiring #iRobot for $61 a share, an all-cash deal that values the Roomba maker at $1.7 billion…Best known for its robotic vacuum, iRobot, has since expanded its product lineup to other home cleaning robots like mops and lawn mowers." https://t.co/2xNjnPVKTK
— Amber Mac (@ambermac) August 5, 2022
ルンバの会社がAmazonに。ちょっとびっくり。https://t.co/eOZjO9Hnfe
— Keiichiro Ono (@c_z) August 5, 2022
https://t.co/0tfVqSMBGi
— 脾氣不好的中年工程師 (@al6wul4wul4) August 5, 2022
Can’t wait to build something
Amazon has been feeling mighty acquisitive latelyhttps://t.co/jdaRHAQXV2
— Annie Palmer (@annierpalmer) August 5, 2022
Amazon、ルンバのiRobot 買収👀
— YS | ドル円観測日記 (@satton0723) August 5, 2022
「アレクサ！部屋掃除しといて！」https://t.co/JYmBNyxOvT
Alexa and Roomba have become one.
— Kevin Hubbard (@bml_khubbard) August 5, 2022
We got Skynet by the balls now, don't we?https://t.co/GAG9PRm2gG
Talk about a poopocalypse.
— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) August 5, 2022
The smarthome is going to be just as dominated by monopoly as the smartphone:https://t.co/6RNUzltOZL
아마존, 17억 달러 현금으로 룸바 로봇 청소기로 유명한 iRobot 사 인수하기로. https://t.co/UYymIYcDPs
— 푸른곰 (@purengom) August 5, 2022
Roomba 2023: we noticed your floors are 48% dirty with 24% traces of bacteria. We ordered Prime floor cleaner as a courtesy
— Jeremiah Owyang | jowyang.eth, jowyang.sol (@jowyang) August 5, 2022
Roomba 2033: Amazon bot has finished your dishes, restocked fridge, and cleaned bathroom. https://t.co/0OhKVrUk8B
Imagine there was a company that knew what was said in your house, what you bought, what happened on your street, and the exact floor plan and interior of your house. Now imagine there was an authoritarian government where that company is based. https://t.co/lc6BT1iCvV
— Eli Pariser 🏞📲 (@elipariser) August 5, 2022
Is it just me or is Amazon is getting close to the Meta line in terms of “No, I don’t want you in my home” territory? https://t.co/f41RO4cX5b
— Kevin C. Tofel 🇺🇦 (@KevinCTofel) August 5, 2022
Hey Alexa, vacuum the living room is a use case I'm here for. https://t.co/GqIlWAnFZL
— Dantley Davis (@dantley) August 5, 2022
Ohibò
— Mario Seminerio (@Phastidio) August 5, 2022
Amazon is buying iRobot for $1.7B https://t.co/Gz1ZGlge5m
I’m trying to think of instances of tech acquisitions that ended up being unquestionably good for customers of the company being acquired, rather than neutral or negative. I’m sure there are some! https://t.co/WAackUdd0x
— Harry McCracken 🇺🇦 (@harrymccracken) August 5, 2022
Really looking forward to the inevitable FTC lawsuit to block this deal on the grounds that Amazon is hoovering up too many companies.
— Bong Capital (@BongCapital) August 5, 2022
With Ring, Alexa and now Roomba, Amazon tracks EVERYTHING that happens inside your house (even who visits you). This is all about getting data on YOU. Google Nest too. Homes were your last data sanctuary as you put your phone down, but not now. https://t.co/7sbaW8XgF0
— Raoul Pal (@RaoulGMI) August 5, 2022
Cool now Amazon will know what my floor looks like https://t.co/TmMVlqHNpS
— noah kulwin (@nkulw) August 5, 2022
So Amazon acquires @iRobot and @Apple sits twiddling their thumbs on product launches and/or acquisitions to build their #SmartHome system? Yep, it baffles the mind!
— An Intelligent Home (@AnIntelHome) August 5, 2022
Told ya Astro was useless when it couldn’t clean the floors! pic.twitter.com/OJfkkB1fMn
— Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) August 5, 2022
Unbelievably bold.
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) August 5, 2022
“Alexa, give me a company with fast-growing sales that we can flout and test new antitrust legislative muscles in US and EU while positioning it as tech and AI innovation.” https://t.co/ncoYIZAzm5
No to this. Amazon has initiated another alarming acquisition — iRobot, maker of the Roomba. This is part of a strategy to control the infrastructure of the smart home and gather up a ton of data about our houses and how we live in them. https://t.co/gii7ZJdC9u
— Stacy Mitchell (@stacyfmitchell) August 5, 2022
amazon acquires irobot, will soon have the floor plans of every roomba owner’s home https://t.co/0KJel4DjEC
— cale g weissman (@caleweissman) August 5, 2022
That's a wow. Let Meta in its febrile imagination aspire to rule the metaverse. Let Musk worship his phallic graven images of midlife crisis. Amazon will be the leader in robots, in real life, on earth, now at home. https://t.co/HR3Z5pdJel
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) August 5, 2022
I actually gasped and said “oh no”
— The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (@IBJIYONGI) August 5, 2022
This is actually potentially catastrophic and the Biden administration should move to block this under what remains of anti-trust law https://t.co/dcLnBgHwXx
If I don’t own a roomba should I just send Amazon a floor plan of my house and an itemized list of its contents. https://t.co/kxvXVRVKDH
— Robert McNees (@mcnees) August 6, 2022
Idk who needs to hear this but a dustpan and brush won’t transmit your domestic layout to Jeff Bezos https://t.co/t2fi84GLON
— Mary Harrington (@moveincircles) August 5, 2022
(inside One Medical clinic) Dr. Roomba will see you now https://t.co/V4zvSt25vr
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) August 5, 2022
Add this to Alexa, listening to you all day long, Ring, watching your front door all day long, and OneMedical, a company that knows all your secrets, and suddenly Amazon has built a pretty powerful panopticon controlled by Jeff Bezos. https://t.co/9PnCSWVw9s
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) August 5, 2022
iRobot's mission is to create innovative, practical products like the Roomba and iRobot OS that make customers’ lives easier. Amazon shares our passion, and I’m hugely excited to see what we can build together for customers in the years ahead.https://t.co/KgBKeuyRpl
— Colin Angle (@colinangle) August 5, 2022
Is it just me or is Amazon is getting close to the Meta line in terms of “No, I don’t want you in my home” territory? https://t.co/f41RO4cX5b
— Kevin C. Tofel 🇺🇦 (@KevinCTofel) August 5, 2022
Fantastic example of why my “never buy a robot hoover that connects to the internet” policy exists https://t.co/ZiX8sV3CgA
— alex hern (@alexhern) August 5, 2022
It's really unfortunate that Congress didn't pass the bill in the Big Tech package that banned acquisitions.
— Stacy Mitchell (@stacyfmitchell) August 5, 2022
There's no reason Amazon should get to buy anything. The agencies should block this deal, but if lawmakers did their job, the FTC wouldn't have to spend the resources.
Lots good privacy concerns about this deal, but also feeling the divide of home ownership this morning when I see fear that home floorplans will be shared. I'm a renter, my floorplan is always publicly available on my mega-landlord's corporate website! https://t.co/efI58fMiUA
— Jessica is trying her best (@heyitsliore) August 5, 2022
Glad Amazon bought iRobot rather than Google given what has happened with Nest. A missed opportunity for Apple IMO https://t.co/qoMbDuHuK7
— Carolina Milanesi (She/Her) (@caro_milanesi) August 5, 2022
the joke when Amazon launched its Astro home security bot last year was that at least Roomba could vacuum while it was wandering around.
— Matt Day (@mattmday) August 5, 2022
Guys, I've got some news: https://t.co/sX9M3KO9uk
There is no way this should get past the FTC’s new ‘all M&A is bad’ policy without being challenged. https://t.co/A9XYceY81g
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) August 5, 2022
I await the inevitable news of Amazon unilaterally handing over recorded roomba footage to the state. https://t.co/nrrxt71Du5
— DatNoFact ↗ (@datnofact) August 6, 2022
Under Andy Jassy, the company appears to be making more strategic acquisitions. This one comes on the heels of Amazon buying One Medical. https://t.co/Jo54iO6gj9
— Ron Miller (@ron_miller) August 5, 2022
If you have a Roomba, Amazon will literally have floor maps of your home, data about the texture of flooring surfaces, the nature of the debris on your floors (dirt, dog hair, etc.), and a dataset that can predict what types of furniture you have. https://t.co/Lfcow58FbJ
— ➖Dustin Miller➖💙💛 (@spdustin) August 5, 2022
If I had a roomba I’d be throwing it like a frisbee off a mountain right now https://t.co/Gi2p0biYKb
— Casey Johnston (@caseyjohnston) August 5, 2022
Amazon, Ring, Roomba, Alexa, One Medical, Prime Delivery…that’s a LOT of behavioral and logistical data to trust one company with.
— Mark Sigal (@netgarden) August 5, 2022
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely…see how #Amazon treats its warehouse workers as emblematic on this one. https://t.co/ZJE6BTn0Oi
what is the strategic rationale for Amazon acquiring the company that makes Roombas
— litquidity (@litcapital) August 5, 2022
Think of the (dystopian) possibilities! Roomba contracts with 👮♀️! Roomba listening to your conversations! Roomba trying to diagnose you…The list is endless. h/t @nicholasadeleon https://t.co/xssdiVjtCq
— Surveillance Killjoy (@hypervisible) August 5, 2022
Roomba partnering with Echo to know which room you are in, Roomba analyzing what it collects to know details of your sloughed dermis, Echo hearing you make plans and Roomba scurrying to vacuum entertainment areas of your home, Roomba refusing to vacuum w/o Echo music playing... https://t.co/8TCo4F6LbB
— Dr. S.A. Applin (@AnthroPunk) August 5, 2022
I am once again, asking companies to please respect Merger Monday.
— Bong Capital (@BongCapital) August 5, 2022
*AMAZON TO BUY IROBOT FOR $61/SHR IN CASH
Amazon just bought iRobot, which has immense amounts of data about people's physical homes. It never ends. Congress should have passed @TomCottonAR's bill to bar big tech mergers. https://t.co/8r30hXwRJA
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) August 5, 2022
Amazon is the most aggressive big tech buyer following the 2022 tech wreck. Big picture; Amazon is making it clear they have ambitions beyond commerce with recent One Medical and iRobots announcements.
— Gene Munster (@munster_gene) August 5, 2022
Imagining Amazon turning Roombas into Ring security robots. https://t.co/JxLvvjWexQ
— Martin SFP Bryant (@MartinSFP) August 5, 2022
i give it 4 months until the "well it turns out your vacuum's been sending your DNA to the cops" story https://t.co/RA0CdNmEOy
— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) August 5, 2022
very big news for the home automation space, and worrying from a privacy angle given iRobot's push in recent years to map your home using Roomba's sensors. who owns all this data now? https://t.co/y5l7lbnACz
— James Vincent (@jjvincent) August 5, 2022
They’ll know your floor plan. And how messy you are. 👀 https://t.co/1UTSDKEKal
— Van Applegate (@vbagate) August 5, 2022
Exciting news! We’ve signed an agreement to be acquired by Amazon. With Amazon, we look forward to inventing more for the home. https://t.co/UboIjNHb9U
— iRobot (@iRobot) August 5, 2022
this sucks even more than roombas do https://t.co/NxJWTufJsx
— Mike Elgan (@MikeElgan) August 5, 2022
“Alexa, you missed a spot.”
— Nathan Hager (@nhageradio) August 5, 2022
*AMAZON TO BUY IROBOT FOR $61/SHR IN CASH
Apple: we'll know your floor plan if you create a 3D capture of your room using our $1,000+ Lidar-equipped iPhone
— Maxime Eyraud (@max_eyr) August 5, 2022
Amazon: we know your floor plan because the company we just acquired has been dusting off your carpets for 5 yearshttps://t.co/PWbVABA73p
LOL. Lmao.
— Bucco Capital (@buccocapital) August 5, 2022
MSFT Acquisitions. AMZN Acquisitions pic.twitter.com/pxw37af3Iu
There is going to (rightfully) be regulatory scrutiny around Amazon's acquisition of iRobot over privacy concerns. But if the deal has half the success of its Kiva acquisition, this is a watershed moment for home robots. https://t.co/jQko8MFeh3
— Brian Heater (@bheater) August 5, 2022
Amazon's $AMZN largest acquisitions
— Bullish Rippers (@BullishRippers) August 5, 2022
1) Whole Foods: $13.7 Billion
2) MGM Studios: $8.5B
3) One Medical: $3.9B
4) IRobot: $1.7B
5) Zappos: $1.2B
6) Zoox: $1.2B
7) PillPack: $1B
8) Ring: $1B
9) Twitch: $970 Million
10) Kiva: $775M
Dear @linakhanFTC - Amazon’s Alexa and Ring products are already a massive threat to civil liberties. If you allow Amazon to buy iRobot (maker of Roomba), their surveillance of homes will be a dystopian nightmare. https://t.co/8h80ZFZI8h
— Roger McNamee (@Moonalice) August 6, 2022
Amazon knows what we eat, buy, watch, read, and what prescription drugs we might consume. Now it's going to have access to interior maps of our homes https://t.co/X3PjBibh28 via @kharijohnson
— Chaotic Goode (@LaurenGoode) August 5, 2022
Amazon's big recent acquisitions, Whole Foods to Roomba:
— Matt Day (@mattmday) August 5, 2022
-Grocery stores
-Amazon of the Middle East
-Video doorbells
-Online pharmacy
-IT disaster recovery
-Self-driving warehouse bots
-Self-driving taxis
-Podcast maker
-Film & TV studio
-Encrypted chat
-Primary healthcare https://t.co/u1x2KERVGz
Alexa did you automatically send the ring doorbell footage to the police for the prowler last night?
— Chet Faliszek (@chetfaliszek) August 5, 2022
No, I sent a map of your house to the police for the raid today. https://t.co/y3EE1IXIfc
You might know this already, but, a Rooma isn't principally a robot that vacuums your floors—it's a robot that creates maps of your house. https://t.co/vN322T6sDk
— Ian Bogost (@ibogost) August 5, 2022
ha amazon buying roomba cause they know they literally aren't allowed to buy anything else they're like fuck it maybe lina will let us buy the vacuum company
— Bucco Capital (@buccocapital) August 5, 2022
So now Bezos can have data on:
— Wagatwe Wanjuki 🇰🇪 🇧🇸 (@wagatwe) August 5, 2022
- what you read
- what you watch
- who's outside your home
- your meds
- when you see doctors
- what groceries you eat
- how much you order out
- THE LAYOUT OF YOUR HOME https://t.co/O3FgNaa9Bt
“Alexa, you missed a spot.” https://t.co/scpItNBril
— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) August 5, 2022
Sorry if this seems overly alarmist but it does make me pause given how much modern Roomba competitors actually know about your house! The new Roborock vacuums can recognize furniture and even stuff you leave on the ground! I really wouldn’t want Amazon knowing that? pic.twitter.com/eWQf2YWaMj
— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) August 5, 2022
Amazon doesn’t want to help you vacuum, it wants all of the information about the layout of your home that your roomba sucks up…https://t.co/COxKBw7hA5
— Librarianshipwreck (@libshipwreck) August 5, 2022
Amazon buying iRobot. I've never used a Roomba, but as I understand it, they create maps of your home. If so, that seems like really valuable data for a retailer. https://t.co/CBtMD2Do23
— Jorge Arango (@jarango) August 5, 2022
Amazon has even more entries into your homehttps://t.co/fRAQgCVo8v
— Matthew Gault (@mjgault) August 5, 2022
Each purchase the company makes further entrenches Jeff Bezos’s bookstore as an inescapable part of your daily life. https://t.co/NtYWzl0WbI
— Motherboard (@motherboard) August 5, 2022