Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoStartup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refundsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1679cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up162·2 months agoWelcome to the “brand new world” of IOT hardware where you are the product and continued service depends entirely on how you can be monetized.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·2 months agoI’m assuming it runs on AI and the company has to provide the backend. So yeah, if you purchase something that requires a company’s infrastructure, it can certainly be bricked.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 months agoWhich is why you should only buy stuff that relies on local APIs and on board processing.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoSelf-hosting makes more sense every day.
Welcome to the “brand new world” of IOT hardware where you are the product and continued service depends entirely on how you can be monetized.
I’m assuming it runs on AI and the company has to provide the backend. So yeah, if you purchase something that requires a company’s infrastructure, it can certainly be bricked.
Which is why you should only buy stuff that relies on local APIs and on board processing.
Self-hosting makes more sense every day.