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> Alexa's value has been dropping for me a lot lately since they follow nearly every interaction with some sort of commercial. This is every Amazon hardware pr
by jjice 3y ago
> Alexa's value has been dropping for me a lot lately since they follow nearly every interaction with some sort of commercial.
This is every Amazon hardware product unfortunately. Kindles are the least bad, but they're not great. They sell really cheap hardware (TVs, Alexas, tablets), but you pay in data and advertisements. It's probably a choice many consumers are happy with.
I bough a FireTV (the entire TV uses it for the US, not just the stick) because it was incredibly cheap. $150 for a 42" 4K television, shipped to my house in two days. That's absurd. It has ads that like to autoplay on the home screen and its OS (I hate TVs have OSs now) runs like trash. I got what I paid for.
I'd pay a serious premium for a product like an Alexa, but with in house processing of voice. Maybe I heard that the Apple version did this, but I heard enough negative things about it to no care enough to look into it.
- internet101010 3y agoWhat happens if you just disconnect the TV from the internet? Not requiring the TV to connect to the internet is the most important thing to me at this point when shopping, specifically because of ads.
- lowercased 3y ago> I hate TVs have OSs now I've been able to avoid this by just hooking up a computer to a big screen TV with HDMI. That's it. I watch stuff via the computer. Slightly klunkier for some stuff but has worked well enough. Might not be the best interface for kids or folks not comfortable with a full keyboard/trackpad though.
- antifa 3y agoThey make android devices for the purpose of HDMI-ing to a TV.