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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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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 41 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

People seem to never learn. Same behavior for decades now from these companies but people are shocked. :)

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 1 points 6 hours ago

But it's so cheap.

Yeah and you get what you pay for

[–] pataconpisao@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The low cost of these devices doesn’t help, and the constant “sales” they have throughout the year.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, ppl say 'if it's free, you're the product.' and that sentiment feels like it applies here.

[–] bless@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 hours ago

Even if you pay for it, you are the product. Fuck me