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HobeSoundDarryl said:
And you have to assume a mobile device will stay at home so it can be used like these (conceptually stationary) things. Once can use a mobile device as their TV too but I bet most people have a TV set anyway. One can argue it's a whole computer too but I bet many have a laptop and/or desktop too.

iDevices are a good shot at do-everything devices... but they are intended to be MOBILE. For the single, living-alone, that's no issue at all. For everyone else, the desire for generally stationary can trump the utility of using a mobile device like it's a stationary one.

It's like the very oft-thrown argument of using an iPhone as a remote control. Great if you are single, living alone. However as soon as the "good remote" leaves the home with you, the others back home no longer have a "good remote."
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Yet many households have many occupants with smartphones that have these 'voice assistants' wit them everywhere they go. A stationary one in the home is already redundant. A wireless speaker system that the smartphone can pair to makes far more sense than these things as it doesn't duplicate roles.
 
fitshaced said:
Yet many households have many occupants with smartphones that have these 'voice assistants' wit them everywhere they go. A stationary one in the home is already redundant. A wireless speaker system that the smartphone can pair to makes far more sense than these things as it doesn't duplicate roles.
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Yet Apple is making one of these with the redundancy of Siri built in, duplicating roles. Does that make sense?
 
I'm just curious how much junk somebody can accumulate to feel, "complete," or, "relevant." The future course of humanity truly scares me. Geez.
 
sorgo said:
Yeah, like those companies have great track records when it comes to protecting users’ privacy. Can’t believe anyone would give them a 24/7 all-access pass to their home.

Anyway. This trend is so ridiculous and dystopian but unfortunately I can only see it getting worse from here.
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You have no clue how many companies run their businesses off Amazon servers (AWS). If you believe they're that malicious, then just keep your hat on and get off the grid.
 
shareef777 said:
You have no clue how many companies run their businesses off Amazon servers (AWS). If you believe they're that malicious, then just keep your hat on and get off the grid.
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I think you might be missing the point here. Accessing web content hosted on an Amazon server is one thing; giving Amazon a stationary outlook onto the most private ins-and-outs of one’s life is another. Unless you just don’t care (which today it seems most don’t).
 
sorgo said:
I think you might be missing the point here. Accessing web content hosted on an Amazon server is one thing; giving Amazon a stationary outlook onto the most private ins-and-outs of one’s life is another. Unless you just don’t care (which today it seems most don’t).
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I get that, but any connected device is susceptible to intrusion. Not that I've read the EULA, but I'm pretty sure Apple's lawyers put in there that our data is also their data (not to be malicious, but to CYA). Forget the content providers, even the ISP's are getting to the point of owning all bits of traffic going in/out of our homes. With the soon to be gutted net neutrality, it'll be open season by every corporation on us and our data. Why worry where it'll end up, when it's being spied and recorded the instant it leaves our devices/homes.
 
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