Comment on Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds
Guamer@hexbear.net 1 week agoThe end result is the same either way, no? After the updates stop coming it’ll be as useful as a paperweight.
Comment on Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds
Guamer@hexbear.net 1 week agoThe end result is the same either way, no? After the updates stop coming it’ll be as useful as a paperweight.
graymess@hexbear.net 1 week ago
I agree. Accident or not, when a device is bricked it’s permanently fucked, functionally useless. The term suits it and should be what we call this practice unless there’s a harsher word to describe a company unplugging the necessary server that kills an otherwise useful, working device.