Au contraire! Hoover has been innovative. The upright steam cleaners are a particularly good invention. The bare floor cleaners are very nice. Hoover became a sleeping giant.
Hoover has been dominant in Consumer Reports carpet cleaning tests for decades. Hoover, unfortunately, went through a period of dismal leadership which led to the downfall. I would bet that Hoover has considerably more patents than Dyson.
The smart tyrant writes his own story to ensure that it is favorable. The lazy will repeat lines from the book without fact checking.
