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“This is getting ridiculous and I'm about to just toss the whole thing and move back to Google,” one Redditor said of the “full-volume” ads for Alexa+ on their Echo Show.

Oh sweet summer child, Google is NOT going to be any better at this. That will just be changing one corporate evil for another.

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 6 points 1 week ago

I've got to wonder what they thought they were buying. It's not like the warning signs were sparse these past, oh, ten years or so.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago

I turned off ads on mine.

By turning it face down.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Are those things hackable? Even if it means a full wipe?

[–] FreedomAdvocate 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Google is NOT going to be any better at this

What are you talking about? Google Home devices have been out for like a decade at this point, they don’t play ads on them.

[–] Goun@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Return them!

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

can these things be reflashed?

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