So what's the point of the Amazon Echo???

[chemicalsword]

speaking of always-listening devices, are the pc's now-a-days already on this wave? I was talking to my co-worker the other day about overnight summer camps for our kids, and today there was an ad that popped up for overnight summer camps. How random was that? I never google-searched for this or anything.

noticed this also. shyt is scary brehs...

 

[Suleiman Bey]

I'm not particularly fond of always-on, always-listening devices so I'm not even checking for it.

U don't have a cellphone, comp, tab, gaming sytem, car? They all do the same shyt.

 

[Suleiman Bey]

noticed this also. shyt is scary brehs...

Phone is also looking at your pictures too.... And watching you everytime u do anything if you got that frontfacing camera.

 

[Egomaniacal1]

They are positioning it to be your future center piece to the automated/smart home.

 

[el_oh_el]

They are positioning it to be your future center piece to the automated/smart home.

The smart home feature are likely what makes it expensive

 

[The Phoenix]

Get your private conversations recorded 24/7 brehs.

Your cell phone already comes with that feature too.

 

[Strapped]

Get your private conversations recorded 24/7 brehs.

yes

 

[Cool Hand Luka]

I'll stick to Siri breh

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Why is it so expensive?

To try to convince you that its some new wave of amazing tech and not just Siri w/ a speaker, what it actually is.

 

[jfkennedy]

Considering getting this but idk. Just gonna get a Sonos speaker and call it a day.

 

[CurrencyChase]

I have one. My kids love it.

 

[TransJenner]

speaking of always-listening devices, are the pc's now-a-days already on this wave? I was talking to my co-worker the other day about overnight summer camps for our kids, and today there was an ad that popped up for overnight summer camps. How random was that? I never google-searched for this or anything.

No but FB sells your info to private Corps , Google does something similar , and stores keep unique IDs based off your purchases

 

[JerkPork]

As someone mentioned earlier, helps with home-automation