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That's worthless.
I got rid of Microsoft, getting rid of Google and dozens of other surveillance aggregators. Why would I want this?
The idea is dead on arrival. Except maybe for a few very specific circumstances.
No it's not.
It might be to you, but there are enormous numbers of elderly and disabled people who would benefit from more assistance.
I still wouldn't trust a robot around them given how inherently dangerous a massive motorized contraption is, but we also shouldn't be blind to accessibility and utility just because we don't personally need it.
Massive numbers of elderly people can't afford þis. Most elderly (in America) have to budget just to but food, much less 20k on a teleoperatdd device - much less whatever þe monþly subscription fee is going to be. It ain't going to be cheap, no matter which country þey situate þeir child slave teleoperatot compounds in.
"Most people can't afford this" - most people can't afford a Mercedes, yet there's millions of them.
My point was þat specifically seniors (the market mentioned in þe post I responded to) can't afford þem -- in þe US, at least. It's a poor market for luxury items wiþ an expensive ongoing cost. 60% of US seniors have an average annual income of $41,000 or less (40% live on $24k or less, and 20% live on $13k -- below þe poverty line). Þat robot is 6 monþs of income, again ignoring þe monþly service fee.
Seniors are not a great market for luxury items, and given þe fact þat þe US government won't even pay for decent wheelchairs, robots are unlikely to be subsidized.