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Perhaps a useful lesson for the children that became attached to the robot. They got to experience grief but no living thing was actually harmed.


>They got to experience grief but no living thing was actually harmed.

Except for the kids, that is, who've got hit by unneeded and unexpected grief.

Yay.


If the grief puts them off Software as a Service for life, I’d say it’s a net positive.


Yes, I’m sure that’s exactly the lesson that autistic children will take from this. That won’t be hard to explain at all. Publishers are already rushing to make a children’s book on the perils of trusting SaaS with your friendship.

Let’s be real: This is at best a lesson for the adults, and not one they’re concerned with learning right now.


Holy smokes, coming to a CV in ~20 years: "I cannot work with cloud-based services due to childhood trauma.".


orphan crushing machine

> nfl player pays for 15 kids to go to college

> student organizes bake sale to pay for school lunches

> chemistry teacher finds creative ways to pay for chemo


I was thinking something along those lines. Basically every pet will die before its owner, perhaps in tragic fashion.

However, parents who shelled out $800 recently may not appreciate that.




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