• NutWrench@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      And for something that is already data-mining you. Adding a fee just adds insult to injury.

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    Well, once again a tech company gives a service I don’t care for an overhaul I don’t want and tries to charge a fee I won’t pay.

    I suspect when this doesn’t do the numbers they want they’ll try adding a user fee to oxygen as a retaliation.

      • ᴅᴜᴋᴇᴛʜᴏʀɪᴏɴ@lemmy.world
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        I’ve got this neat device that uses a compressed liquid fuel to provide a concentrated, adjustable element of heat and light simultaneously; that can be administered to any object which will render it useless, if not absolutely destroyed.

        Follow that up with direct strikes with a large chunk of metal, attached to a long wooden handle.

        I have a blowtorch and a sledgehammer.

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    Looks like I’ll be selling the few Amazon Alexa-centric devices I’ve got.

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    Won’t last long. Free apps will ruin that Amazon subscription plan fast. One can already get a local and free chatAI and it’s already just a few clicks setup and I wouldn’t be surprised if these get made more easier for the mainstream any day. The tech is just too new, but were getting there soon.

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    I hope for one good thing to come out from all this AI madness : people might get used to pay for a service on the internet again. If this miraculously happens it could lead to people more cautiously choose services over quality instead of the one with darkest patterns.

    One can still dream…

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    I didn’t think people really expected to believe that their smart stuff was really theirs. Did they? Imagine renting your bulbs to Amazon.