Sure, it runs Android. What did people expect? They aren’t going to build a custom system from scratch.

The appeal is the form factor

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Install a custom ROM and DIY. That’s what I would likely do anyway for privacy

      Remember, it is just android

      • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Wait. So you’re saying the only appeal of the device, is the hardware?

        200 bucks of what’s reportedly exactly as cheap-feeling as the price suggests?

      • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Are you making this custom ROM? Seems unlikely anyone else will. To what end? A cheap phone does much more with better feel and battery life.

        It’s just more on a computer with AI garbage.

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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          6 months ago

          No other device has the same form factor as far as I can tell. All of the influencers have single handedly screwed this company over.

    • vvv@programming.devEnglish
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      6 months ago

      That’s the other one. The Rabbit thing is $200, which, not that I would buy one, is not too unreasonable for an AI tamagotchi

  • Emily (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I think the Rabbit R1 is an underbaked and dumb product. That said, Rabbit would have had to have had a few too many kicks to the head if they seriously considered not just running Android under the hood. Android is open source, and there is no good reason to not utilize the hundreds of millions of dollars that Google has already poured into developing mature a mature operating system with all the drivers and frameworks they need.

  • Zarxrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    What amazes me is how many people care about this piece of crap in the first place. Like WHY is everyone talking about it? It could have been one of thousands of shitty tech products that I had never even heard of, but everyone wants to talk about it for some reason.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Why would you want them to build it from scratch? That would just drive up cost and hurt the repairability of the device.

      If they put android in the marketing materials people would assume that it is google android.

  • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.socialEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Yes.

    They expected companies not to make badly-designed not-phones that depend entirely on internet services, most of which will undoubtedly be shuttered by the end of the year.

  • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The appeal is the form factor

    Looks like a red playdate.

    Difference is, playdate is a fun toy, and that looks completely useless.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    200usd is 10 months of chatgpt subscription. So it definitely has objective value. I’d buy it just make my own little bot or as casual toy. There’s no subscription or anything either.

    I agree that the hate is meme levels of stupid. Sure the device sucks but people pick on the weirdest shit like “it uses android” or “it runs VM for actions that have no API” - well duuuuh.