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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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[–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Id have thought that theyd have seen this coming.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wouldn't this be a better fit for leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world ?

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Can anyone recommend a similar type of device that's not ad-supported? I don't care about voice, but would like to have a desk clock with a synced calendar.

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

You Do Not Speak Unless Spoken To And I Will Never Speak To You.

[–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

The evolutionarily stable state is a small percentage more ads than people will tolerate. That's just maths.

[–] firepenny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same. I owned several devices at the time.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] firepenny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I did once, sadly. Before I knew better.

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