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Agree. I don’t see the purpose or the point of these devices. The only place where voice control makes sense it’s in the car.
by aquir 5y ago
Agree. I don’t see the purpose or the point of these devices. The only place where voice control makes sense it’s in the car.
- Kiro 5y agoIt's not about lack of utility, it's about lack of privacy. There are many great use cases for voice control at home.
- nicolas_t 5y agoI'd love to have voice control at home but I want something that's private and stays within my network, I refuse to install spyware inside my own house
- davnicwil 5y agoAdmittedly it's a pretty trivial usecase for such an expensive device, but one thing it is brilliant at is setting timers, hands free, while cooking.
- secondaryacct 5y agoAfter 97% of asic miners never producing a block in their lifetime in bitcoin, this takes second place in term of energy wasted per utility produced :p
- ivan_gammel 5y agoApple Watch does this job well too.
- innocenat 5y agoYou wear watch while cooking?
- Razengan 5y agoIs that a serious question?
- lnxg33k1 5y agoWell it's not the most hygienic thing, items are hardly sanitisable
- ivan_gammel 5y agoDepends on how and what do you cook.
- innocenat 5y agoFrom a hygenic point of view, yes, it's a serious question.
- zenexer 5y agoYes, I do. I sanitize my Apple Watch regularly anyway, which is why I opted for one of the silicone bands over the fancier options.
- jasonlotito 5y agoJust tried this with my Apple Watch, hands free of course. Didn’t work. Do you have to enable this? Edit: nm I had to be away from my phone for my watch to pick this up over my phone.
- tinyhouse 5y agoWhat about disable people? The fact you don't see a purpose doesn't mean there isn't.
- mnd999 5y agoIf their disability is no concern for their own privacy then sure. Voice control might be a need, Alexa voice control shouldn’t be.
- tinyhouse 5y agoAgain, you're making assumptions that people worry about privacy like you are. You're also making an assumption that people think like you that Alexa harms their privacy. Finally, your first sentence is pretty ignorant I must say. Let people in a wheelchair talk about Alexa and their tradeoffs. Personally I have an Alexa but don't find it too appealing. I barely use it. My kids use it much more often. I don't worry about privacy. I trust Amazon (or Google/Apple/Microsoft) that non of the audio is saved or sent to the cloud unless the device hears the trigger word. Can someone hack it and listen to our interactions at home? I'm assuming it's possible but that's true for our phones too.
- dylan604 5y agoPlease, this is either a serious lack of imagination or a ton of insincerity on your part. Having the ability to speak a command at home to turn on/off lights, adjust the temperature, play music, etc is extremely convenient. I would love to do it at my home, but I will not be using any of these products when they require an internet connection.