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A comment on Amazon’s plan for Alexa. Parent comment

Re:Amazon’s plan for Alexa by sokoloff on Sunday November 10, 2019 @09:36PM (#21501696)
They’re game changing convenience items. “Alexa, play <music description>” “Alexa, set a timer for 90 seconds.” “Alexa, what’s the weather?” “Alexa, play ‘price it right’”

I don’t expect I’ll order items via Alexa anytime soon, but “she” gets probably 50 interactions a day. I’m fine with the trade off.

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Re:Amazon’s plan for Alexa by mathgladiator on Sunday November 10, 2019 @10:07PM (#21501812)
Alexa, or as I say 'computer', really helps cook food with timers. I'm kind of fine with giving up privacy in exchange for useful tools.
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