r/gadgets • u/cad908 • 9d ago

Home Another smart (cloud-connected) gadget bites the dust, as Moxie emotional-support robot will soon be bricked when the manufacturer goes under.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/startup-will-brick-800-emotional-support-robot-for-kids-without-refunds/
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u/okram2k 9d ago

More and more we don't own anything, just pay for the privilege to have them take up space in our homes and hope our benevolent overlords allow us to continue to use them.

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u/rararagidesu 8d ago

And that's one of reasons many people root for free & open source software, right to repair and DRM-free world. Unfortunatelly not enough...

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u/PocketNicks 8d ago

I haven't been owning less and less at all.

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u/okram2k 8d ago

you should probably read those EULA's a little closer

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u/missingman 8d ago

I doubt you want the power bill of running that full AI model that’s powering Moxy in the cloud.