It'll be a US or Japanese or South Korean robot since it's not allowed to come from China.

I'd be in favor of Apple entering that market.

I think they'll be a huge first-mover advantage because of the Chinese blockade preventing cheap clones.

schnitzelstoat 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Roomba made some of the first robotic vacuum cleaners and they were based in the US.

Nowadays, they are just more expensive and inferior to the Roborock ones though. But thanks to the wonder of protectionism soon the customer won't be able to pick the better product.

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intrasight 2 hours ago | parent [-]

What's "better" for the individual is not necessarily better for the society.

Also I think a better policy than blocking Chinese imports (which is probably not sustainable anyway) would be to require that the software be audited and comply with regulations. Same rules and regulations should apply to robots from all countries.

	▲	darkwater 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> What's "better" for the individual is not necessarily better for the society. Are you a commie? Everybody knows the free-market self-corrects itself if you are not performant enough or good enough, and that personal greed and egoism are the best proxy for society well-being. Nurture them and you will get the best possible society! (yeah, I'm being sarcastic)

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ajmurmann an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Sorry, in the US it's, AFAIK, now not allowed to come from anywhere but the US: https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/fcc-bans-future-roomba...

The admin seems to have a tendency to fearmonger over China and then ban or tariff globally. Allies don't exist apparently.

	▲	blooalien 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Allies don't exist apparently. Aren't our only "allies" Russia and North Korea now?