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Re:Amazon enables free calls and messages on all Echo device... by derefr on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @07:51PM (#14304855)
> EDIT: This will definitely become a feature on sites like Upwork so that buyers can make sure developers are billing them the correct hours, even though the prices are dirt cheap already.

Upwork already does this; clients can watch your screen or your webcam whenever they want, if you sign up for a job that requires such. The Hansonian-em dystopia of barely-positive-utility working-to-live doesn't need Amazon's help to make its way into existence. It's already here; just unevenly distributed.

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Re:Amazon enables free calls and messages on all Echo device... by FullMtlAlcoholc on Thursday May 11, 2017 @03:48AM (#14314446)
Really, wtf? If my boss, who is a 10x coder, looks over my shoulder it's one thing because he's more or less always right with his criticism. I couldn't imagine anyone else micromanaging the dev process though
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