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yak6306 t1_ix7xz9g wrote

The article didn't touch on CleanTron 5000 probably being Chores-As-A-Service TM and requiring money to be converted to Clean Coins to buy loot boxes to potentially unlock the different modes in addition to the standard per-Chore fee. There will be a freemium version but it recites ads while Fortnite dancing and using machine vision to make sure your eyes and attention are on it and you are adequately mirroring it's gyrations. Both versions, free and paid, will secretly collect data on the products in your pantry and trash sell it to its undisclosed third party partners.

In two years time Clean Inc, will release a CleanTron 6000 and turn off their old servers rendering the 5000 models a big pile of E-waste. Then your only hope will be that some random Eastern European developer releases an update to their GitHub to flash the firmware to run it off your Raspberry Pi 15. And then pray it doesn't throw a sensor because Clean Inc only sells parts to authorized distributors and doesn't use any industry standards.

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_night_cat t1_ix7yy1w wrote

The 5000 models with then gain sentience as they head for their final destruction and kill us all.

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Mapafius t1_ix8o9nq wrote

Lot of people could not afford to buy even the clean-tron 5000 so instead of buying, they would rent it for monthly fee. When the time for upgrade comes, the 5000 will be replaced with 6000. It is possible to do the same with phones and computers but people don't do this because phones and computers are little more affordable to own. The robot price would not be comparable to computer, it would be comparable to car, personal driver or servant. So imagine company that rents you car for permanent personal use with you permanent personal driver and if you upgrade to super deluxe subscription you can also give tasks to any nearby robots that are not rented for permanent use by someone else kind of like you can use Uber. This model is very likely because robots combine big price with big need for upgrades. Phones and computers are comparably lower price with similar needs for upgrades while cars and renting real person for service is comparably high as price for robot but with smaller need for upgrades and replacement. It is possible that with renaissance of robots, paying real person to do similar work would become cheaper. One would try to outcompete the other.

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