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Amazon, which owns IMBD, is pushing this thing hard. I have turned off every single setting in Alexa related to hunches, promotions, suggestions, etc. I loathe
by cainxinth 4y ago
Amazon, which owns IMBD, is pushing this thing hard. I have turned off every single setting in Alexa related to hunches, promotions, suggestions, etc. I loathe when I ask for the weather and she concludes with “…by the way, I can also…”
But I still got a reminder that this show was available when I asked what time it was the other day.
- secondcoming 4y agoThat sounds awful, having ads read out to you. Makes me glad I’ve never been tempted to get an Alexa
- acidburnNSA 4y agoSame. I just had a feeling that was going to happen. Hoping things like Mycroft with home assistant will be good. I've been meaning to try mycroft but haven't yet. https://mycroft.ai/?cn-reloaded=1 https://mycroft.ai/?cn-reloaded=1
- sjroot 4y agoThe first time I heard one of those “I can also” lines, I lost interest in ever purchasing an Alexa or frankly any Amazon home product. Shame the amount of engineering effort that went into that system, only for it to be destroyed by absurd business strategy. I’m sure a couple PMs got a “level 2 to level 3” promotion out of it or something.
- cainxinth 4y agoI usually just cut her off and cuss at her. I'm hoping Amazon is tracking how frequently people verbally assault Alexa to optimize the UX, but that's probably wishful thinking.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoI mean that's kind of par for the course for having an Amazon spy center in your home...