A few weeks ago, the VICE website Motherboard shared an article with a bot to come out believed to be at least in part is responsible for the current Nintendo Switch shortage in North America. If you miss our money, automatically notify users when the system is available online at certain retailers in the US and completes the ordering process.
The composer, at the time, said they did it as a joke, and immediately realized how powerful an open source tool was. Now, The Washington Post has run its own story about teens behind the bot. It turns out she is only 16 years old, and as the original VICE story has obviously received a lot of criticism. In saying this, he stands by his creation:
Some people have been calling me a scalper. Of basic supply and demand.
Her mother shares her thoughts – explaining how it has come to be "condolences" but also many "angry" messages. He also acknowledged how merchants are allowed to sell systems at huge price points:
He wasn't quite ready for how this was going. He was charged with causing exchange of switches. She has angry messages, asks to be interviewed – and someone even tried to steal her code and pass it on as her own.
My husband and I have helped him understand that there are proper complaints to be made. His actions had consequences he never thought of, rest assured. In some cases, you can change the bot and take the toilet paper with it. It is true that retailers sell devices at great prices.
The good side of the story is that his tool has been offered "a thumbs-up" by some big-time software developers, including one on Google. According to her mother, it helped motivate her, and she now wants to study computer science at the university:
really happy to be a software engineer from Google & # 39; star & # 39; his autobot on GitBook. That has encouraged her more to study computer science than any other AP class.
As we mentioned earlier, there has always been a need for Switches and related games Ring Fit Adventure since the World Health Organization has announced that the outbreak of coronavirus has become a worldwide epidemic. The increased prices online are also due to the industry shutdown. Nintendo has just apologized for the global shortage and has promised that more stock will be available soon.
