Comment by a-r-t
5 months ago
https://support.humane.com/hc/en-us/articles/34374173951373-...
"Your Ai Pin will continue to function normally until 12pm PST on February 28, 2025. After this date, it will no longer connect to Humane’s servers, and .Center access will be fully retired."
It's a $700 device with a $24/month subscription fee, and will be bricked in ten days.
At least the equally-panned Rabbit R1, released around the same timeframe and riding the same AI hype, only cost $200 with no subscription.
Amusingly, Rabbit just announced today that they're now shipping at Best Buy - their first steps towards brick and mortar exposure.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/rabbit-r1-mobile-ai-device-pers...
> Our support team is here to help at support@humane.com through February 28th, 2025.
If someone had written this as satire when they released the pin it would have seemed a little harsh
Alas, the pricey e-waste reaches its unsurprising end of life.