Huh..well it is past time for a new speaker in my office to play music. Thats really the only thing I use the alexa dot for in here...oh and alarms. but my phone covers that.
Not only will I not be signing up for Alexa+, I will not be buying anything from Amazon in the future. I will not be renewing my prime membership. Bezos is dead to me.
I wonder how many Alexa devices would be needed in one room to start a "Alexa" feedback loop big enough to crash Amazon's servers? Maybe I could start a Go-Fund-Me to find out. I bet 1000 Alexa devices on a 10Gb Internet link might do it.
This, along with them putting Elon's Starlink on all Apple devices(update to IOS 18.3), should give the broligarch the ability to go full "1984" on America.
Vampires. I wonder if Lex Luther is starting to feel the pinch of canceled Prime subscriptions? How long before this Alexa+ subscription morphs into versions with/without ads (for a slight upcharge, I'd course!)
On that note, thanks for reminding me to cancel Prime. No time like the present!
Is WIRED going to discuss the surveillance and data mining that will be included on every Alexa?! No, because WIRED is slowly trying to normalize fascism in America. Don’t let them. Boycott all legacy media.
I'm sure they'll include it "free" with Prime and then jack the price of Prime up for everyone, whether you use Alexa or not. They'll likely do it anyway due to high #felonflation, but this gives them more incentive to do so.
Bezos will let Trump illegally spy on any human with any Amazon voice detection device. Fuck Bezos, fuck Amazon and fuck anything or anyone associated with Bezos or Amazon.
Shucks. I am cancelling prime and getting rid of all my Alexa devices. I was fully invested in Amazon tech but refuse to give money to a Nazi supporter.
Why would anyone with a brain cell allow Alexa into their homes to constantly monitor everything they do or say? Do you not think Amazon is gathering that information?
We need to be very wary of becoming dependent on these technologies. We've learned from social media that they lure you in, get you deeply engaged, and then because of the network effect you feel you can't leave. We've become unhealthily dependent. People literally can't write or add anymore...
I got a DOT for free from Best Buy when I bought a TV, played around with it and put the creepy thing away. Never got it to work as a speaker which would have been OK, so of no use to me!
So now Jeff Bezos — who has aligned the Washington Post with an anti-freedom president — can listen in on you and turn your behaviors and personal info over to Elon Musk and the drunk guy who runs the Army.
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So it's free.
There isn't a single person on the planet who would be interested in this that isn't already a Prime subscriber.
On that note, thanks for reminding me to cancel Prime. No time like the present!
Fuck you WIRED
Sorry. I pass.
Given Bezos’ WaPo priorities of late, it doesn’t sound to me like a great idea to allow an AmBezon-controlled device…
…with a microphone Inside it that is likely •always• on…
…within earshot of my home.
Sorry Alexa, sticking with Siri.
…but I’m keeping an eye on her too. 🤨
Cancel Prime.
Dropkick Alexa devices into trash.
#BoycottAmazon
Instead:
Buy local.
Buy co-op.
And if all else fails, buy Costco.