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Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] BakerBagel@midwest.social 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Their creditors would sue because thats an asset that can be sold to refund them.

[โ€“] Corngood@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, likely true without some sort of legislation.

Well at least there's a business opportunity for someone to reanimate these things and use them to push gacha games and energy drinks on the innocent children they've bonded with.