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Ability to “Hey Google, play Spotify” in every room and shower is pretty great. That’s literally the only reason I’ve been using it for 5+ years. Oh, and it was

Ability to “Hey Google, play Spotify” in every room and shower is pretty great. That’s literally the only reason I’ve been using it for 5+ years. Oh, and it was practically free.

ulrikrasmussen 8mo ago
This is still unthinkable to me. Trading that much privacy for a little bit of convenience? How does it not make you uncomfortable to know that every conversation in your house is live streamed to someone else's computer?
- mlrtime 8mo ago
  What privacy am I giving up? You start with all these judgement questions without explaning.
  - Ylpertnodi 8mo ago
    Your personal privacy.
    - mlrtime 8mo ago
      How so?
  - cjrp 8mo ago
    An internet-connected device in your home which is always listening.
    - mlrtime 8mo ago
      Like a phone?
- bandrami 8mo ago
  Yeah I'm definitely in the "I keep my laptop powered down and in a Faraday cage" camp so I guess a lot of these products aren't really aimed at me.
  - Noaidi 8mo ago
    I have a good Faraday bag. When I am chilling and talking with friends I have them power off their phones and put them in the bag. :)
- tokioyoyo 8mo ago
  Honestly? I don’t care enough about that. I’ve simplified my life to a degree where I’m not depended on anything, nor I get that much ads anywhere. So it’s just a life built around conveniences and focusing on things I care about.
  - whilenot-dev 8mo ago
    > I’m not depended on anything Yet you mention Google and Spotify in one command. Independence seems to be something different for me. Even thinking about tools, maintenance and the repairs over the years... convenience and independence are closely related, and privacy is at least just a welcoming side effect.
  - ares623 8mo ago
    Would it feel any different if your Google Home recordings were streamed to me, an individual, directly?
- whilenot-dev 8mo ago
  Not even just for my own sake, but for the sake of my guests as well. Unthinkable, because it's highly dystopic. If it wasn't for all that Science Fiction literature and philosophy that warns people about it, the Stasi wasn't too long ago either.
askvictor 8mo ago
I used mine for two things: setting a timer while cooking, and adding things to my shopping list, again, while cooking. I still miss that second feature a bit since I unplugged it, but it isn't too big of a deal
chankstein38 8mo ago
I liked using it like this but my problem is that it wouldn't reliably respond to commands while music was playing. There were times I had to unplug it to get music to stop. And other times I'd want a song with an explicit word in the name and it'd pretend it didn't exist.. like wtf I'm an adult in my own house I think you can manage to play the song I asked for whether or not it has a big mean curse word in it.

Ability to “Hey Google, play Spotify” in every room and shower is pretty great. That’s literally the only reason I’ve been using it for 5+ years. Oh, and it was practically free.

ulrikrasmussen 8mo ago

This is still unthinkable to me. Trading that much privacy for a little bit of convenience? How does it not make you uncomfortable to know that every conversation in your house is live streamed to someone else's computer?

mlrtime 8mo ago
What privacy am I giving up? You start with all these judgement questions without explaning.
- Ylpertnodi 8mo ago
  Your personal privacy.
  - mlrtime 8mo ago
    How so?
- cjrp 8mo ago
  An internet-connected device in your home which is always listening.
  - mlrtime 8mo ago
    Like a phone?
bandrami 8mo ago
Yeah I'm definitely in the "I keep my laptop powered down and in a Faraday cage" camp so I guess a lot of these products aren't really aimed at me.
- Noaidi 8mo ago
  I have a good Faraday bag. When I am chilling and talking with friends I have them power off their phones and put them in the bag. :)
tokioyoyo 8mo ago
Honestly? I don’t care enough about that. I’ve simplified my life to a degree where I’m not depended on anything, nor I get that much ads anywhere. So it’s just a life built around conveniences and focusing on things I care about.
- whilenot-dev 8mo ago
  > I’m not depended on anything Yet you mention Google and Spotify in one command. Independence seems to be something different for me. Even thinking about tools, maintenance and the repairs over the years... convenience and independence are closely related, and privacy is at least just a welcoming side effect.
- ares623 8mo ago
  Would it feel any different if your Google Home recordings were streamed to me, an individual, directly?
whilenot-dev 8mo ago
Not even just for my own sake, but for the sake of my guests as well. Unthinkable, because it's highly dystopic. If it wasn't for all that Science Fiction literature and philosophy that warns people about it, the Stasi wasn't too long ago either.

askvictor 8mo ago

I used mine for two things: setting a timer while cooking, and adding things to my shopping list, again, while cooking. I still miss that second feature a bit since I unplugged it, but it isn't too big of a deal

chankstein38 8mo ago

I liked using it like this but my problem is that it wouldn't reliably respond to commands while music was playing. There were times I had to unplug it to get music to stop. And other times I'd want a song with an explicit word in the name and it'd pretend it didn't exist.. like wtf I'm an adult in my own house I think you can manage to play the song I asked for whether or not it has a big mean curse word in it.