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>Most normal people do not care about them, nor use them. >There is vocal but relatively niche group of tech enthusiasts who are really into it, but they are a
by Loughla 6y ago
>Most normal people do not care about them, nor use them.
>There is vocal but relatively niche group of tech enthusiasts who are really into it, but they are already a brand loyalists.
Are you serious? My 97 year old grandpa even asked me to set up an Alexa for him, so he could shout at her to check the weather. My most tech illiterate friends LOVE those devices, because they're so easy to use.
- jakear 6y agoYep.. and if a privacy-positive company (say, apple) were to create a voice calling device (Facebook portal, echo show), I’d buy it for the grandparents in a heartbeat. The current system involves a nearby grandchild driving an hour there and back every time we want to have a family video chat to get their computers back into the state we told them to never modify.
- ngneer 6y agoHave they perhaps figured that part out? And suddenly the computer is "broken"? Count on me to do that when the time comes...
- jakear 6y agoDo you mean to say my grandparents are purposely breaking the computer for more face time with the grandkids? I could see it, though this has only really been a necessity post-COVID, when it’d really be much better for them to not have a lot of physical interactions with those outside their local friend pod.
- robin_reala 6y agoiPad, child mode, turn off every other app from Facetime and Siri, and turn off the app store: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201304#allow-apps https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201304#allow-apps