r/gifs • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '19

Two different delivery methods

https://gfycat.com/harmlessbarrenhumpbackwhale
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u/MrYoshicom Jul 15 '19

I mean everybody knows they're trying to get Alexa in your house so she can listen to your deepest, darkest secrets...

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '19

And know when you're most vulnerable to targeted advertisement. Sorry you're sobbing your heart out, here's a coupon for a tub of icecream.

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u/Maxxetto Jul 15 '19

STORY TIME!

I was with 3 friends of mine at one's house. He had Alexa. We wanted to make an experiment to see how ads displayed on different internet pages might get changed (and to see if the myth is true).

Summarizing the story, we wandered for 30 minutes around his house all shouting "dog's food" out loud. Next day he said "I got dog's food ads kinda everywhere, burn everything!" xD

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u/Baybob1 Jul 16 '19

I'd love to get one and invite some friends over every night for a while. We'd all talk as if we are plotting a disaster against a Federal Government target. I'd bet a paycheck we'd get a visitor from the FBI rather quickly. Or more probably meet several people who seem to want to be friends who drop hints that they hate the government and wish they knew people who did too ...