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"One of the most common uses of Amazon’s Echo is to set a kitchen timer." Truly worth the money. I suspect the greatest value of these things is that they seem
by nitwit005 9y ago
"One of the most common uses of Amazon’s Echo is to set a kitchen timer."
Truly worth the money. I suspect the greatest value of these things is that they seem like nice gifts. The same thing seems true of the cheaper drones.
- sgillen 9y agoI think the greatest value is probably in the speaker itself, most of the other features do just feel like fluff. Though personally I prefer a more “dumb” speaker I can control with my phone.
- humanrebar 9y agoRelevant Seinfeld episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_(Seinfeld) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_(Seinfeld) Jerry buys his parents a personal organizer, lies about how expensive it was, and then they want to buy more "tip calculators" for their entire condo board.