> lost me at the token based app store
Same. Got excited, then saw it's shilling a coin [1]. From a branding perspective, this undoes the goodwill won by the privacy message.
Same. Got excited, then saw it's shilling a coin [1]. From a branding perspective, this undoes the goodwill won by the privacy message.
I know about Snips.ai for some time now, I was planning to play around with it soon, and then I learned about the token thing. I mentally put the project into the trashcan at that very moment, it only got out of there due to being repeatedly mentioned on HN as something legit.
They're promoting a security [1]. If a company can't bother with the law, I distrust their claims around privacy.
Also, if you're doing on-device AI, you have a natural business model: sell the device. (Maybe also subscriptions.) Adding in a token creates conflicts of interests.
[1] https://www.sec.gov/oiea/investor-alerts-and-bulletins/ib_co...