Re:HomePod Mini
by gingerlime on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @02:30AM
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I just made another comment down the thread[1], but Sonos spies on you plenty, even without a mic.
Sonos spies on your usage instead of your audio, and is nowhere near the Homepod in terms of sound quality.
Huh? Seriously? Maybe the little Sonos One isn't, but they make some hardware that rather clearly outperforms the Homepod.
Re:HomePod Mini
by whycombagator on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @06:28PM
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Sure there’s some level of tracking, but that wasn’t my point. My point is that it’s mic free
Also, Sonos speakers from my research outperform HomePod in terms of sound - but if you have data to suggest otherwise feel free to share
Re:HomePod Mini
by gingerlime on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @02:27AM
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Can't comment about the sound quality.
As far as privacy however, I definitely understand people's worry about the mic, but honestly I think it distracts from really looking at the data tracking practices and how much data is collected even without a mic. See [0]
I'm curious about Apple's data tracking, but based on their marketing page alone it definitely feels like they've given it a big consideration and it's not an afterthought. I cannot say the same for Sonos unfortunately. (I assume Google/Alexa etc are worse, but I don't use those, and didn't dig into it).
Well maybe not the ~$400 Homepod, but who knows how it will stack up against the $99 one.
However, it is more expensive than the HomePod mini, not wireless (needs to be plugged in), & although it integrates tightly with iOS it can’t be as smooth as HomePod probably is (I haven’t tried the HomePod myself).