Policy
How this site makes money
We may earn a commission on hardware links; we never do on companion apps; no money ever changes a verdict.
The policy
- Hardware robots only. Synthetic Rapport may include affiliate links to physical products (companion robots, devices) sold through established retail programs. A link earns the site a commission if you buy through it. It costs you nothing extra.
- No affiliate links on companion apps or platforms. Ever. Not Replika, not OshiKoi, not EVE, not Inworld, not Convai. If our verdict on an app is “skip,” no money should be in the room.
Disclosure
Every page that carries an affiliate link shows this disclosure near the top of the page, next to the links themselves — not buried in a footer, not three clicks deep:
How this site makes money: Links to physical products on this page may earn us a commission if you buy through them. It costs you nothing extra. Commissions never change our verdicts — and we never take commissions on companion apps or platforms.
Off-limits
- No pay-to-rank. Rankings and verdicts are never for sale.
- No undisclosed sponsorship. Sponsored content is banned outright on this site.
- No affiliate link on a product our verdict rates “avoid.”
- No affiliate links inside verdicts or comparison tables.
Ads
Allowed only as static display slots outside verdicts, comparison tables, and the trap-guide checklist. Banned: pop-ups, interstitials, auto-play with sound, anything that breaks the mobile layout. No ads are currently running.