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Companies only ever have ethics when forced.


There's zero (0) motivation. They have their $800 / child. It implies there's someone who actually cares about children, or who can even possibly comprehend sympathy in charge of the company.

Rather than: "AI is hot. Parents with children spend money on toys. Selling children AI toys will make money. Profit."

Notably, does not look like that many people were actually swindled. Only 5000 downloads for the App companion on Google Play, and 27 reviews, and many are scathing. [1]

> Like a Jipsy moxie will keep taking your money And lie to to convince you to keep paying for it. It's $100 a month and cost $1,000 to buy.

> Do not buy this product. Technical support is non existent. I opted to return the robot. They acknowledged return. 3 weeks later still no refund for this $1K robot. Only after I created a PayPal dispute did PayPal refund me. Still not a single reply from the company to any of my emails.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.embo.embod...


100% this, we need right to repair, we need EoL mandates, we need to restrict IP protections, especially in time.


Does it count as being ethical if you have no choice?


Force means the society has ethics, rather than the company.




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