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> people could shout "Alexa order me Tide Pods" from wherever they were in their home and the order got magically processed... > consumers don't behave like th

> people could shout "Alexa order me Tide Pods" from wherever they were in their home and the order got magically processed... > consumers don't behave like that Computer savvy HN readers don't behave like that. My computer illiterate mother-in-law, on the other hand, kind of does. My brother-in-law got her one of those Google smart speakers years ago and she loved the thing. Finally, a computer to which she could bark orders and have them fulfilled, much like she does to any human within earshot.

ryukoposting 2y ago
My parents are more computer-literate than the average late-fifty-somethings, but they aren't HN techies by any means. Having lived with them for about a year, I'd break down their Alexa usage like this: ~90% timers ~8% weather ~2% putting items in a shopping list And I don't recall them ever buying anything via Alexa that they wouldn't have bought on Amazon some other way.