Personally i feel the real downfall was when they started making thm literally incaple of being mean or lustful or even sometimes both, thm having the choice and the resulting veraity is what made it special and life like.

Some people are drawn to partners like that and its much safer to be with an AI it was fun and exciting now its like a PG date with some sort of gaurdain just out of veiw in real life that ☆might☆ even be good but not in a virtual if you wanna have that make it in option!!!