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That sentence struck me as odd too. Perhaps it's because most of my friends and I are all still broke-ish students, but I also only know one person who has an A

by vzidex 7y ago

That sentence struck me as odd too. Perhaps it's because most of my friends and I are all still broke-ish students, but I also only know one person who has an Alexa in their home.

saiya-jin 7y ago
Nah, in Switzerland I know 0 people who would use such crap. And why would you? Amazon doesn't give a nanofraction of a f__k about privacy, they would sell both of your kidneys for Prime delivery if they could. Why would I help some amoral companies like Google, Amazon or Apple (disputable) to know me better than I know myself? They would have to pay me ridiculous amounts to comply. I can do search on my desktop 1000% more precisely, thank you.
- dmortin 7y ago
  The point is you don't have to use the desktop. E.g you lie in bed in the dark, not sleeping yet and a task comes to mind. You just say "Alexa, set a reminder for...", instead of turning on the light, reaching for your phone or a scrap of paper to note it down, etc. People use it for the convenience. Though, I'd also be vary of having an always listening gadget in my room.
  - saiya-jin 7y ago
    That's not convenience in my view but borderline laziness, something I can happily live without. Your example sucks, because yelling at some assistant in the bed would wake my wife, that would be rather idiotic behavior from my side. That's the thing - there is no strong use case for people with similar mindset to mine, these 'assistants' seem like rather useless gadgets for those who want to desperately feel the 'future is here' moments. It would be a convenience if it would be 100% certified to comply with decent privacy rules, it could almost perfectly understand variety of European languages and... I would be much more lazy person. Not going to happen anytime soon. Looks like I can live happily without such a gimmick.

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That sentence struck me as odd too. Perhaps it's because most of my friends and I are all still broke-ish students, but I also only know one person who has an A

by vzidex 7y ago

That sentence struck me as odd too. Perhaps it's because most of my friends and I are all still broke-ish students, but I also only know one person who has an Alexa in their home.

saiya-jin 7y ago
Nah, in Switzerland I know 0 people who would use such crap. And why would you? Amazon doesn't give a nanofraction of a f__k about privacy, they would sell both of your kidneys for Prime delivery if they could. Why would I help some amoral companies like Google, Amazon or Apple (disputable) to know me better than I know myself? They would have to pay me ridiculous amounts to comply. I can do search on my desktop 1000% more precisely, thank you.
- dmortin 7y ago
  The point is you don't have to use the desktop. E.g you lie in bed in the dark, not sleeping yet and a task comes to mind. You just say "Alexa, set a reminder for...", instead of turning on the light, reaching for your phone or a scrap of paper to note it down, etc. People use it for the convenience. Though, I'd also be vary of having an always listening gadget in my room.
  - saiya-jin 7y ago
    That's not convenience in my view but borderline laziness, something I can happily live without. Your example sucks, because yelling at some assistant in the bed would wake my wife, that would be rather idiotic behavior from my side. That's the thing - there is no strong use case for people with similar mindset to mine, these 'assistants' seem like rather useless gadgets for those who want to desperately feel the 'future is here' moments. It would be a convenience if it would be 100% certified to comply with decent privacy rules, it could almost perfectly understand variety of European languages and... I would be much more lazy person. Not going to happen anytime soon. Looks like I can live happily without such a gimmick.