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In addition to that, the inability of Alexa to just answer your question and shut up seemed to have gone way off the tracks. For most of the things I ask my Ec
by princevegeta89 2y ago
In addition to that, the inability of Alexa to just answer your question and shut up seemed to have gone way off the tracks.
For most of the things I ask my Echo Show, it just follows up with "by the way, xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx.... Pricing is $3/month. Do you want it?"
Fuck you. This is worse than the salespeople that bother me at Department Stores.
- ultrarunner 2y agoThis is the single thing that killed ours.
- JoshTriplett 2y agoMinus the sales pitch (which I've never had), this is one of the complaints I have about Google Assistant. "By the way, if you ever want to X, just say Y". Just answer the question asked and then shut up immediately. And, preferably, learn to answer the question asked with more brevity, as well. If I ask "what's the high for today", I don't need to hear "In Cityname, expect a high of 90 degrees", just say "90".
- im3w1l 2y agoThe reason they say "In cityname" is probably because they aren't 100% certain of your city. The preface lets you catch the mistake if it makes it.
- JoshTriplett 2y agoYeah, I'm aware, though in general the devices have a location specified. But even then, "90 in cityname" would suffice. There are many other interactions in which almost every word is unnecessary noise and can't even be explained away as a confirmation.