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Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @07:17PM (#24427078)
Well, the majority still aren't buying. The initial assertion was "in every home", which is false in the majority of homes.
Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by person3 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @07:29PM (#24427191)
That's correct. I just think saying "most aren't buying" gives the impression that it's not popular, when in fact it is a pretty widespread product. Not to mention Alexa being added into tons of other products such as smart thermostats, home theater speakers, etc. The number is only growing.
Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by vageli on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @08:44PM (#24427715)
> Well, the majority still aren't buying. The initial assertion was "in every home", which is false in the majority of homes.

Are we assuming that all the individuals who purchased the devices live completely alone? There are only 128 million households in the US. [0]

[0]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/183635/number-of-househo...

Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by mahkeiro on Thursday September 10, 2020 @01:10AM (#24429077)
You cannot imply this, the stats is about US adult, many adult may also have the same speaker in their household.
Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by vageli on Monday September 21, 2020 @08:11PM (#24549693)
This is precisely the point I was trying to make.