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This also confused me when I saw it as well. I wasn't sure if the first echo was an April fool's joke or if they were serious. I was even more confused when pe
by swlkr 9y ago
This also confused me when I saw it as well. I wasn't sure if the first echo was an April fool's joke or if they were serious.
I was even more confused when people actually started buying them. It's always startling when I go to a friend's house and Alexa gets triggered accidentally.
- Danihan 9y agoThis thread is making me feel like I either don't have enough friends or just don't go to people's houses enough.
- DerfNet 9y agoIt's the new thing, people will always buy or use the new thing just because it's the new thing.
- ionised 9y agoThis is a major factor. People in general are easily impressed by shiny new baubles.
- unobtaniumstool 9y agoAt the time it came out, voice triggered smart assistants had been available on phones for years, and computers for decades. All it did was put that feature in a different package.
- swlkr 9y agoIt's true, but it's just one feature you can turn off, it's the ONLY feature of smart speakers.