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People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ponies are supposed to shit. It’s more like if the pony came strapped with ill-fitting saddlebags that leak toxic chemicals.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Yeah that was kinda my point :) A cloud controlled device from a tech giant is supposed to shit on the floor start doing ads and invade your privacy. It's what they do. Like ponies pooping, you should expect it on purchase.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    No. It's more as if you had to pay for the pony to get it, and then:

    If you want to ride the pony, that's $2. The saddle has a coin slot to pay. It also has spikes poking both you and the pony if you don't pay. Any time you get off, the spikes relock, requiring another payment to unlock.

    This is the exact same situation minus the animal cruelty part and with money being swapped with time.

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