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Who the fuck buys these things anyway
My parents, my parents church, my in-laws, my sister, my wife’s friends, my old dentist, my old doctor, and several acquaintances.
So that’s like… At least 3 people.
I know multiple people who stick these in every room of their houses. They’re surprisingly super popular among normies in the US.
Yeah that’s a no from me dawg
Anyone have experience with locally run alternatives to this kind of device? Voice recognition technology has gotten pretty good by now, it should be possible
I use Home Assistant and I’m getting ready to swap over to their local voice control from Google devices.
You can source your own devices or use their device when it becomes available.
Is this something you could run off of a modded echo?
Someone posted a build where they modded Google home mini, but that required a custom PCB. I can only assume it would be the same or more difficult with an Amazon device.
I’ve looked into and honestly they cover most of what people use the listening device for. Only issue is that they can be a bit slow and are often quite expensive. Haven’t checked in over a year though and tech like this can advance quickly.
Did people who care about privacy actually buy Echos?..
I guess those few echoes left out there will hear a couple final words soon enough:
“Bye bye”
Hell, I would almost want to buy one so I could wait until the fateful day and then say “Echo, get the fuck out!” and unplug it.
