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People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads (arstechnica.com)
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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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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yes but I have done zero maintenance on my light switches in over 30 years. No downtime either or updates.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be fair I put in all my smart lights once 7 years ago haven't touched them a single time in that entire span. Took an hour to set up.

And now my alarm turns on lights which helps me wake up :D

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 13 hours ago

I literally don’t believe you. Wi-Fi? Zigbee? Z-Wave? Not a single reset or re-pair because you changed some password or bridge or the power went out and one of them needed a little encouragement?

[–] cabillaud@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I have done zero maintenance on my light switches in all my life, and I never had any smart home stuff, lol

[–] Damage@feddit.it 3 points 23 hours ago

My smart switches have zero downtime. If I attack my server with an hatchet I lose smart functionality but pressing the switch still works, just like yours.

It doesn't take much to avoid the bullshit devices.