The backlash was biblical. By day three, SLR’s stock had dropped 40%. Parents’ groups called for a federal ban. A tech columnist at Wired wrote: “We have accidentally created a class of digital opioids. The ‘welc’ patch does not simulate love. It synthesizes it, and it is infinitely more addictive than the real thing.”
The backlash was biblical. By day three, SLR’s stock had dropped 40%. Parents’ groups called for a federal ban. A tech columnist at Wired wrote: “We have accidentally created a class of digital opioids. The ‘welc’ patch does not simulate love. It synthesizes it, and it is infinitely more addictive than the real thing.”