It's not bad enough Alexa is in your home listening to everything you say? You need to be wrapped in an Alexa-powered blanket? Jesus, how much fucking closer to

It's not bad enough Alexa is in your home listening to everything you say? You need to be wrapped in an Alexa-powered blanket? Jesus, how much fucking closer to 1984 can we get? The only difference is we WELCOME these devices into our home, there's not even some totalitarian regime forcing it on us. All so we can get the weather with a voice command (as if looking out the god damn window or flicking on a light switch is some horrible ordeal). What's next, Alexa-powered ASMR...get lulled to sleep as an AI-generated voice whispers to you all the holiday deals you'll have waiting for you when you wake up? I wonder what else it will whisper once you're fast asleep. If you must have the convenience, at least ditch the cloud and run your smart home entirely on your LAN.