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Last time I was in a Silicon Valley Hotel, I had to sign a waver that I accepted that there was an Alexa in my room. Of signed it, and unplugged it (as well as
by w3rhn2j34oh5o 7y ago
Last time I was in a Silicon Valley Hotel, I had to sign a waver that I accepted that there was an Alexa in my room. Of signed it, and unplugged it (as well as the TV). I will not have these horrible things near me. The hotel claimed they would charge if you unplugged it. They didn't.
- rchaud 7y agoPretty soon, I imagine there will be Airbnb Experiences ads that tout something about "living simply" with hosts that specifically do not have "smart" devices in their home.
- _RPM 7y agoNot exactly a listening device, but I was in an AirBnb once. Every time I would open the door, I could hear a notification being played in the upstairs unit. It wasn't the back door that caused the notification, but the actual door the apartment I was staying in. It was displeasing.
- panpanna 7y agoFYI, house owner spying on people using smart cameras has been a major problem for Airbnb for a good while now.
- bberenberg 7y agoCan you share what hotel this was?
- stallmanite 7y agoI wonder what would be their reasoning behind wanting to charge for a customer unplugging an Alexa. Why would it matter?
- xenospn 7y agoSomeone has to come in and plug it back in, I’m assuming.
- stallmanite 7y agoRight but doesn’t someone have to vacuum and clean the place anyway? Seems like the additional cost of adding “plug in the Alexa if it’s unplugged” to the cleaning checklist would be completely negligible.
- panpanna 7y agoLost earnings? After all, you pay them $150/night but they also get $0.1 from Amazon that they just can live without... I wonder what happens if you refuse to sign it