It sounds like the company is now blocking access from “bootleg” APKs.
At least the Humane badge attempted to do something unique, albeit half-assedly. The whole Rabbit concept is a joke in a box.
Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app
Submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
voracitude@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh I’m pretty sure they put their whole ass into it; it’s the tech that isn’t there yet.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
ifixit did a teardown where they briefly speculated on this and I think they nailed it.
This and the humane piece of shit are, at least partially, trying to avoid app store regulation/rules. Apple have basically always been assholes and google are speedrunning that to the point it is genuinely obnoxious to buy kindle books if you use a cell phone at all.
Combine that with trying to sell a new form factor device (similar to smart watches and the like) and it makes sense. Even if the products themselves are still rather meh.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I still don’t know what this thing is supposed to do
Godort@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Their idea was to replace a smartphone with a device that just connects to an LLM to do all your smartphone stuff via voice control.
If that sounds like a bad idea, congrats. Youre right.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s an interesting futuristic concept, but LLMs, while pretty amazing in their current iteration, are nowhere near ready for that kind of work.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You know how everyone wishes they had a different physical device for each app? That’s this!
dumbass@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
Ahhh the star trek model.
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