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Ignoring the misleading/obtuse information here and focusing on the "hell nah" declaration: Nobody is forcing you to use any of those smart speaker devices, an
by hknd 8y ago
Ignoring the misleading/obtuse information here and focusing on the "hell nah" declaration:
Nobody is forcing you to use any of those smart speaker devices, and nobody is forcing you to buy them.
Many people really enjoy using their Google Home or an Amazon Echo, as it greatly improves aspects of their day-to-day life.
Some people with disabilities are actually greatly alleviate by this progress - they can now use their voice to control many different things within their house which was not possible before.
- slivym 8y agoThere are plenty of good use cases for these, and I'm sure there are legitimate ways people can decide they're happy with the trade-off. However, for me this screams of a Facebook style scandal coming sooner or later. People buying these things often don't really know what the business model is behind this, and don't know really know how Amazon/Google is going to make money. We can all sit here and speculate about it as informed people, but that's not the general market. I could easily see in 2 years time people turning around and saying "What do you MEAN Amazon has been ordering more expensive versions of products when I use the Echo" or "What do you mean Google showed me adverts for Ron Paul because I keep asking it about chem trails". The power of the information collected by these devices is incredibly far reaching, and incredibly profitable, and at the moment most people aren't really capable of giving informed consent.