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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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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wouldn't this be a better fit for leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world ?

[–] firepenny@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Same. I owned several devices at the time.

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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Can anyone recommend a similar type of device that's not ad-supported? I don't care about voice, but would like to have a desk clock with a synced calendar.

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[–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

The evolutionarily stable state is a small percentage more ads than people will tolerate. That's just maths.

[–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Id have thought that theyd have seen this coming.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

You Do Not Speak Unless Spoken To And I Will Never Speak To You.

[–] GaryGhost@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Why would you buy that. Ten years ago I had an Amazon phone and it would fill my home screen with ads. I guess if you hadn't experienced that scenario but otherwise why would you pay for that. Besides the ads fuck Amazon why give them any money. Go to Newegg, Walmart anywhere else

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