Amazon plans to charge for Alexa in June

[craigsters]

https://youtu.be/fumYDhKAhaU?si=OMZiCiIJZWufDIOy

Subscription-based Alexa originally planned for June release

Amazon hasn't publicly confirmed a release date for generative AI Alexa. But Insider's report, citing “internal documents and people familiar with the matter,” said Amazon has been planning to release its subscription plan on June 30

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-paid-alexa-plus-service-issues-2024-1

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My Alexa Echo Dot is in the box because it is deaf and makes you repeat yourself, I paid under $60 CAD at amazon for mine and it didn't even have a clock display on it

[Vox]

All these assistants are crap, never bought one and i disabled the one on my phone.

[potato]

who the hell even uses these "assistants"

how helpless are these people

[Mensis]

No loss, I don't need amazon spyware in my house

[Kobs]

Цитата допису Mensis:

No loss, I don't need amazon spyware in my house

Lol a lot of peoples had this same line of thought when TV came to the market, they used to call them "the devil's machines"... it was just too much for them.

[Devsman]

https://youtu.be/MPkO2-v0Wl0?si=Iq9xbP7k-4aZ5L2p

WHO OUT THERE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING? HERE IS A HINT: EVERYONE

[Devsman]

Цитата допису Labyrinth:

All these assistants are crap, never bought one and i disabled the one on my phone.

Hell, I got one for free, and my only thought was "can I use the microphone as an input for my PC?" One Google search later, the answer was no, so I put it in a corner and forgot about it.

Freaking Dirty Santa. I hate company Xmas parties.

[Thadeus]

Food for thought.

In order for Alexa to obey your commands, it means it's constantly listening to you and your family in order to activate when you call its name.

[mtono]

no wonder that they would have done it...the alexa money thing^^

[Devsman]

Цитата допису Thadeus:

Food for thought.

In order for Alexa to obey your commands, it means it's constantly listening to you and your family in order to activate when you call its name.

Or maybe it's a

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Situation

[Rio]

Don'tcha know guys that tech is struggling

Don'tcha know tech votes democrate

Don'tcha know biden destroyed the economy

You gonna vote Dem this year big tech? You know you will, yes you will.

[Mensis]

Цитата допису Kobs:

Цитата допису Mensis:

No loss, I don't need amazon spyware in my house

Lol a lot of peoples had this same line of thought when TV came to the market, they used to call them "the devil's machines"... it was just too much for them.

The difference is that TVs don't actually have ways of recording you, lol

[Rio]

Цитата допису Mensis:

Цитата допису Kobs:

Lol a lot of peoples had this same line of thought when TV came to the market, they used to call them "the devil's machines"... it was just too much for them.

The difference is that TVs don't actually have ways of recording you, lol

I dunno I've heard theres a way to make speakers act as microphones. But I never really looked into it.

[Thadeus]

Цитата допису Mensis:

Цитата допису Kobs:

Lol a lot of peoples had this same line of thought when TV came to the market, they used to call them "the devil's machines"... it was just too much for them.

The difference is that TVs don't actually have ways of recording you, lol

Uh what? Any newer generation android TV has a voice command feature. So it is listening to you.

A hacker or the government can listen to you by tapping into your TV.

[Mensis]

Цитата допису Thadeus:

Цитата допису Mensis:

The difference is that TVs don't actually have ways of recording you, lol

Uh what? Any newer generation android TV has a voice command feature. So it is listening to you.

A hacker or the government can listen to you by tapping into your TV.

You're right, I should have clarified, but I was speaking in the context of the person I was replying to, TVs at the time didn't...as far as I know, anyway

Either way, I don't feel the need to willingly put more spyware in my household if I can help it lol

[Sir Seanicus, Esq.]

If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing.