No, they didn’t “make a mistake;” they made a calculated financial decision. And it should never have been only a “recommendation” to begin with. The safety agency should have been empowered from the beginning to shut it down until corrections were made. nytimes.com/2021/05/05/busin…

Peloton Recalls Treadmills After Injuries and a Child’s Death (Published 2021)

The chief executive of Peloton said the company “made a mistake” by initially resisting a U.S. safety agency’s warning about the devices last month.

nytimes.com

May 5, 2021 · 3:44 PM UTC

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This is what is meant by “agency capture.”Safety agencies overseeing products, food etc. have been consistently disempowered over last few decades. They can only make polite “recommendations,” w/ less power now to actually take things off the shelves - & people die because of it.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Shut down births, cars, and tylenol until it’s deemed all are safe... or not. Fuck off moron.