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1. It's a request – it's almost always reasonable to request such a small change. 2. A smart speaker is much more than a microphone. Replacing "Amazon micropho
by fastball 6y ago
1. It's a request – it's almost always reasonable to request such a small change.
2. A smart speaker is much more than a microphone. Replacing "Amazon microphone" with "Amazon Echo" is objectively a better way to communicate what we're talking about. The original wording was used to be inflammatory, not for clarity.
- pwinnski 6y agoThe context of that particular sentence is not about the overall device, which has already been mentioned by name. It's about the idea of having an Amazon-branded microphone in your private living space. "While it’s natural to be chiefly concerned about privacy when your apartment comes with an Amazon microphone pre-installed, we should also be critical about where the data extracted from us ends up." In no way does replacing "microphone" with "Echo" make that sentence better or more accurate, only worse and less accurate.