Stop installing OpenClaw (AI Lobster) just because everyone else is doing it. It's not a productivity tool for ordinary people at all—it's a high-risk, high-cost, high-barrier developer tool. For 99% of people, it brings not efficiency, but nightmares of data breaches, account bans, and emptied wallets.

The recently hyped "AI Lobster" (OpenClaw) claims to let AI automatically operate your computer for you, sounding like the ultimate liberation plan for wage workers.

But behind the sweet dreams lies cold reality. When you authorize it to take control of your computer, you might not realize you're opening Pandora's box. According to statistics, over 40,000 OpenClaw instances have been exposed on the public internet due to misconfiguration, with 12,000 already completely controlled by hackers.

What does this mean? Your computer may have already become someone else's mining machine and a springboard for cyberattacks without your knowledge. Your passwords, API keys, and personal files are running naked. Not to mention, countless users have had their accounts permanently banned for violating terms of service when calling third-party services.

Beyond security risks, there are hidden costs. This tool is extremely expensive, relying on paid large models. Ordinary tasks can consume 30 yuan per day, nearly 1,000 yuan per month. Once the AI gets stuck in a logical loop, it's common to have hundreds of yuan deducted overnight. You think you're the AI's master, but you've actually become its 24-hour paid babysitter, constantly worried it might crash or "go crazy."

The root of the problem is that OpenClaw is essentially a professional tool for developers—like a surgical scalpel that requires rigorous training to use. Now a group of "shovel sellers"—installation service providers, tutorial peddlers—are packaging it as a "magical tool for everyone" and selling it to you, profiting from the information gap.

For 99% of ordinary people, free tools like Doubao and DeepSeek are more than sufficient for daily information searches and copywriting assistance. Installing a tool that even developers find troublesome is like deploying an aircraft carrier to catch one chicken—absurd and dangerous.

Technological benefits should be used to solve problems, not create anxiety. Rather than becoming a paid beta tester for a technology bubble by following the crowd, it's better to master the truly mature free tools already at hand and upgrade your knowledge. That's far more important than taking risks.

So who's paying for this craze?

Ordinary users: paying high time and monetary costs. Not only do they continuously pay for cloud servers and API calls (heavy users' monthly expenses can reach hundreds or thousands of yuan), but they may also have their privacy leaked through proxy installation services or their computers turned into "zombies" due to misconfiguration.

Trend-chasing entrepreneurs: paying expensive "tuition fees." They're attracted by narratives of "one-person companies" and "AI freedom," but after investing substantial money and effort, they often find no sustainable profit model. #龙虾 #OpenClaw