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The whole point of these devices is data harvesting. The Times op-ed last September titled These Are Not The Robots We Were Promised [0] covers the discrepancy
by stochastic_monk 8y ago
The whole point of these devices is data harvesting. The Times op-ed last September titled These Are Not The Robots We Were Promised [0] covers the discrepancy between our expectations of personal assistants and the reality they came to be.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/09/opinion/sunday/household-robots-alexa-homepod.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/09/opinion/sunday/household-...
- briandear 8y ago“These devices..” Except HomePod. Alexa and Google Home harvest data; HomePod does not. The purpose of HomePod is to sell HomePod, other Apple devices and subscriptions to Apple Music. The purpose of Alexa and Google Home is to learn about you in order to sell or exploit that information. It’s a critical difference. People complain about how Siri isn’t as good as XYZ, yet simultaneously complain about the privacy implications of the “good” assistants.