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Originally Posted by fjtorres
They weren't discriminated against; they just didn't know what they were doing...on the wireless side.
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iirc the US and EU regs concerning electronics (esp wifi) are different; so while I have no doubt that they were caught unawares because they hadn't looked into the issue properly, and that they were lacking in business acumen, I don't really see what basis you have for your conclusion that they "deserved to go out of business", simply because the device didn't comply with FCC regulations.
As for your suggestion that it's prima facie ridiculous that the US would preferentially treat its own companies: please look through the Snowden revelations wrt state-sponsored and conducted corporate espionage. And while I doubt that they actively spied on a bit player like iRex, this hardly invalidates the point that incumbents often prefer pointlessly costly -- pacemaker interference worries notwithstanding -- and demanding approval procedures, and other barriers to entry, because this makes for less competition from small (and possibly more innovative) companies -- be they foreign or domestic.