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Amazon is forcibly upgrading Prime members to Alexa Plus, and users are not happy (www.androidauthority.com)
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  • Alexa users who are Amazon Prime members are reportedly being automatically upgraded to Alexa Plus.
  • Users who have been upgraded can revert to the old Alexa by saying, “Alexa, exit Alexa Plus.”
  • One user claims that they were “flooded with ads” after downgrading back to Alexa.
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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 15 points 1 day ago

Call me old, but save for my phone, I don't have any 'smart' anything. My desktop is running linux mint and my webcam is more than 12 or 13 years old and it is unplugged when not in use. I am doing just fine, thank you. My phone is probably listening to me, but all it hears is youtube political commentary videos against Trump.

The ads I get are super generic and talking about shit I REALLY don't care about or apply to me, so I think that I am doing fine when it comes to ad avoidance.