Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds
Embodied says it will try to refund recent purchases but makes no promises.
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@arstechnica How many more of these cases must happen before the right people understand that Right to Repair is important?
@arstechnica parents are gonna have to explain to their kids the concept of loss because the robot died 😭
@arstechnica I'm just going to leave this here:
@Cafeine c’est tellement une news pour toi ça XD
@arstechnica Remember folks, if it needs The Cloud in order to operate, you don't own it.
@arstechnica Literally no reason they couldn't just open it up and let people connect them to local LLMs. Literally not one single reason they couldn't.
@arstechnica Jibo v2.
@arstechnica I'm sure a "guide for telling children about Moxie's demise' from a little band of techies won't be at all weird.
Meanwhile, never buy a toy for your kids that needs venture […]
@arstechnica emotional support, indeed.
@arstechnica Maybe this whole
thing was an elaborate life lesson for kids regarding cruelty and broken promises ?
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