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re: Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year
Posted on 11/22/22 at 10:44 am to rickgrimes
Posted on 11/22/22 at 10:44 am to rickgrimes
Got one during dirty Santa a few years ago, it was fun for a week, but it's only used to for music every blue moon now.
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Posted on 11/22/22 at 10:44 am to rickgrimes
Honestly I use my echos for music and to turn on lights. And now that Amazon fricked up the music, I’m really thinking of switching everything to home pods
Posted on 11/22/22 at 10:46 am to NATidefan
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We have 6 of them
But why?
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Posted on 11/22/22 at 10:50 am to Cosmo
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But why?
Because our mansion is so big I use them to summons the stewards to the main hall.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 10:55 am to Lawyered
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I have zero desire to ever use Alexa
The best use of Alexa is setting kitchen timers and playing music, neither of which make the company any money.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:00 am to rickgrimes
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:00 am to rickgrimes
Why would someone not want Jeff Bezos spying on them?
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:02 am to NATidefan
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Well yeah, they offered them constantly for 20 bucks or even free. We have 6 of them and didn't pay full price for any.
That’s because they are spy devices.
People used to try to hide the bugs. Now they get you to pay for them
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:03 am to GRTiger
Alexa is convenient for playing obscure or current music upon request. I have fun asking it a lot of philosophical and political questions just to see how it's AI reacts. Yesterday, I asked "What is the purpose of a quadratic equation?". Go ahead and ask it if Biden is a proven liar. Ask it who created it. The list of questions is endless.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:06 am to rickgrimes
We had an echo dot a few years ago. It wasn’t particularly useful but the kids liked it so we figured we‘d keep it…
Until one of our kids asked it to play a song from a kid’s movie and it started playing hardcore gangster rap.
Couple that with that fact that the creepy thing kept turning on every time someone would talk and it went right back to Amazon a week later.
Until one of our kids asked it to play a song from a kid’s movie and it started playing hardcore gangster rap.
Couple that with that fact that the creepy thing kept turning on every time someone would talk and it went right back to Amazon a week later.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:06 am to NATidefan
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Well yeah, they offered them constantly for 20 bucks or even free. We have 6 of them and didn't pay full price for any.
The reason they sold them so cheap is because you can order stuff from Alexa.
I fricking despise Amazon. Alexa is the absolute worst. It asks my kids if they want to order something from Amazon. "Would you like me to order that for you?"
frick Amazon.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:07 am to Aguga
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I mean who wants an extra mouthy women in their house.
Depends on what that mouth is doing I guess
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:07 am to hombreman9
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Who needs that creepy fricker bezos listening to every word you say.
Your phone is doing the same thing right now baw
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:09 am to rickgrimes
Playing Jeopardy on Alexa is cool... Except when you say " who was .. Winston Churchill" and she replies " That's incorrect, the correct answer is Winston Churchill" and that is the only answer you missed that day
ETA RIP Alex Trebeck
ETA RIP Alex Trebeck
This post was edited on 11/22/22 at 11:10 am
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:18 am to Kingpenm3
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The best use of Alexa is setting kitchen timers and playing music
Sounds perfect.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:24 am to H2O Tiger
quote:I never have these issues. I really like having the two devices I now have.
We have a bunch of Google ones in our house that always seem to kick on randomly thinking we are asking it a question.
On the off chance I do try and ask it a question, it never gets the answer right.
Me: Ok Google, what's the weather today?
Google: Weather is a term that originated in....
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:47 am to rickgrimes
I did some programming for a client for Amazon Alexa and it is by far the dumbest fricking thing I have ever seen in technology. It makes no sense, it's pointless and the BIG Tech Apps over power the actual apps you want to use. It's literally a dumb piece of shite gimmick
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:53 am to rickgrimes
Received from a friend, it's unopened in the closet
Posted on 11/22/22 at 11:54 am to Lawyered
Only time I use Alexa is to play music when I’m doing house work.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 12:04 pm to Lawyered
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I have a friend who we made fun of mercilessly because they were buying these smart blinds that you could open and close with your smartphone or Alexa . So damn unnecessary.
I'm not a hacker, and I've never had a desire to become a hacker, until now.
fricking with someone's blinds when the sun is just right, or they're fricking, or they're cooking meth in the bathtub, or disposing of a body, or.....is just petty enough for me to learn to code.
I've found my new calling in life. I'm going to spontaneously make motherfrickers squint when they're trying to watch The View!
This post was edited on 11/22/22 at 12:05 pm
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