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Rabbit R1 can be run on a Android device

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Re: Rabbit R1 can be run on a Android device

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Post by notpushkin »

mynegation wrote: post #14
resoluteteeth wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the statement quoted as a block quote 3/4 of the way down the page on the article: > rabbit r1 is not an Android app. We are aware there are some unofficial rabbit OS app/website emulators out there. We understand the passion that people have to get a taste of our AI and LAM instead of waiting for their r1 to arrive. That being said, to clear any misunderstanding and set the record straight, rabbit OS and LAM ru…

If you read “won’t be able to access” as “forbidden by our TOS to access” that can still be true. Or - literally - at some point in the future they will introduce some preventative measures.

I think they did, but those can be circumvented easily (i.e. just throw in a couple HTTP headers).

Re: Rabbit R1 can be run on a Android device

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Post by bryancoxwell »

JimDabell wrote: post #13

This has smelt bad for a while. Here’s a Twitter thread from January where the CEO explained why it couldn’t be an app. In it, he makes weird claims like: > by submitting as app, you submitting all your codes to them. think about it. remember there’s one of the most popular apps you want early days on app store was called ‘flashlight’ now see what happens? apple just incorporated that feature in iOS. so are building…

Love the idea that it was the submission of the flashlight app’s source that enabled Apple to build that feature into the OS. Also love that it completely ignores that the flashlight being part of the OS is significantly better UX than installing an app to do the same thing.

Re: Rabbit R1 can be run on a Android device

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Post by redwall_hp »

JimDabell wrote: post #13

This has smelt bad for a while. Here’s a Twitter thread from January where the CEO explained why it couldn’t be an app. In it, he makes weird claims like: > by submitting as app, you submitting all your codes to them. think about it. remember there’s one of the most popular apps you want early days on app store was called ‘flashlight’ now see what happens? apple just incorporated that feature in iOS. so are building…

Pluralizing code or code as a verb is always a red flag.

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Post by dartos »

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #12
pmx wrote: post #2

It was very obvious that the original statement from Rabbit was knowingly false when they made it. It's weird to me how these companies dig themselves deeper by doing stuff like that, have they never experienced the real world before?

They have. Unfortunately, they took the wrong lesson from the experience, they learned that you can sometimes get away with it and make a quick buck with overt lies, so they'll employ that strategy again with no regrets.

Lies make for really good marketing

Re: Rabbit R1 can be run on a Android device

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Post by Nullabillity »

djhworld wrote: post #19

One thing I've been wondering about is, could you build an Android app that acts like google assistant in the sense of you pressing a button/swiping gesture whatever and the "assistant" kicks in from any context on the phone (e.g. while you have another app open) I'm pretty sure you cannot replace Siri on iOS devices, but I'm not sure about Android. I know there is stuff like Samsung Bixby but I've not used it before…

> One thing I've been wondering about is, could you build an Android app that acts like google assistant in the sense of you pressing a button/swiping gesture whatever and the "assistant" kicks in from any context on the phone (e.g. while you have another app open)

There is literally an API specifically for this, and the settings app has... an option for choosing which assistant should be invoked when you use the assistant gestures.

Re: Rabbit R1 can be run on a Android device

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Post by NayamAmarshe »

mg wrote: post #16

Would it be possible to base a device like the R1 on a Raspberry Pi and Linux instead of Android? If not, what would be missing?

It wouldn't be too hard. You could even build an electron app to save time and money. The effort would be in making sure that the boot animation appears properly without any debugging text and that the electron app is the first thing that the user sees.
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