Comment on Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app
cron@feddit.de 6 months agoWhat I don’t get is why anyone would like to buy a new gadget for some AI features. Just develop a nice app and let people run it on their phones.
Comment on Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app
cron@feddit.de 6 months agoWhat I don’t get is why anyone would like to buy a new gadget for some AI features. Just develop a nice app and let people run it on their phones.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s why though. Because they can monetize hardware. They can’t monetize something ChatGPT does, but in their own app.
knotthatone@lemmy.one 6 months ago
Plenty of free apps get monetized just fine. They just have to offer something people want to use that they can slather ads all over. The AI doo-dads haven’t shown they’re useful. I’m guessing the dedicated hardware strategy got them more upfront funding from stupid venture capital than an app would have, but they still haven’t answered why anybody should buy these. Just postponing the inevitable.