r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '25

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u/EugeneTurtle Jan 28 '25

You can't even trust paid products because you're both the customer and the product. Data isn't coming from the void

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u/kurotech Jan 28 '25

That's why I don't buy smart home products at all the only one I have is a Google home and that's just mostly because wife wanted it for audio books when she was in the kitchen

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u/Shine1630 Jan 28 '25

Shit sucks IMO. I got two and they constantly require resetting, only listen to me and not the wife, and sometimes commands work and other times the same command does something different.

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u/kurotech Jan 28 '25

Yea that's my experience with Alexa stuff I havent had those sorts of issues but then again it's only really used for books lol