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-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.
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.