Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Shipments

Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by jhall1468 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @11:27PM (#17140856)

I don't feel dumber. I traded information to Google in exchange for convenience. Now maybe that wasn't worth it to you, but I'd avoid speaking for all of us. My smart phone makes me a functional member of society, that's worth a bit of privacy.

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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by Majestic121 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:15AM (#17142069)

I don't think it is required to have a smartphone to be 'a functional member of society'.

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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by jhall1468 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:14AM (#17144133)

For me it is. I have ADD and my phone is a God send for not forgetting things.

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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by thoughtpalette on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:14AM (#17144787)

I can never go back to not having the worlds map/navigation in the palm of my hand. I would love to go back to a dumb phone if not for the very crucial feature for me.

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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by millstone on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:19AM (#17141061)

What if you could have that convenience without trading information? Weather, stock prices, recipes, music, traffic, timers, shopping lists, etc. don't require sharing any of your personal information.

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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by ctz on Thursday May 24, 2018 @09:36AM (#17143802)

I'm interested in how you think weather or traffic (for example) would work. Would you download all weather and traffic for every location/road on earth? That's quite a lot of data.

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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by ReverseCold on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:25AM (#17141086)

Right, what if?

Someone needs to make it happen.

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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by Zombieball on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:29AM (#17141103)

For free?

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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by wott on Thursday May 24, 2018 @05:34AM (#17142434)

> My smart phone makes me a functional member of society

This statement leaves me speechless. A huge feeling of vertigo. Are we really there?

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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by deagle50 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @07:49AM (#17143059)

Only if we allow ad tech biz to dictate the definition of "functional member." So far they are winning. At one point my mom yelled at me for never checking Facebook, she genuinely thought I was being rude.

This a war of attrition. FOMO is powerful and most people eventually give in. The companies co-opt your friends and family against you. They don't even realize what is happening.

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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by sangnoir on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:16AM (#17144146)

Would you prefer it if it gp had instead said "My computer makes me a functional member of society"?

For many people, the only computer they have is the smart phone, it's how they look for (and apply for jobs), do some banking, check emails and keep in touch with family, friends and colleagues.

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Re:Google Home Beats Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 Smart Speaker Sh... by jhall1468 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:16AM (#17144148)

Try to be less assuming. I have ADD. Calendars with reminders are an enormous value to me, or I would frequently miss meetings and deadlines.

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