“I’m about to just toss the whole thing…”…

“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.

  • Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
    7·
    11 hours ago

    I don’t think I’ll ever buy any product that advertises itself as ‘smart’. They seem to be anything but.

    Edit: I do have a 14 year old ‘smart’ TV, but it’s basically only a monitor for my PC.

  • kamen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    11 hours ago

    Can anyone recommend a similar type of device that’s not ad-supported? I don’t care about voice, but would like to have a desk clock with a synced calendar.

  • moopet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    11 hours ago

    The evolutionarily stable state is a small percentage more ads than people will tolerate. That’s just maths.

  • Octavio@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    21 hours ago

    I regret ever getting mixed up with Amazon in the first place. I canceled Prime, stopped ordering from Amazon’s website, found a Kindle alternative, pulled the plug on my IoT crap, and unplugged my Echoes. No regrets. YMMV.

  • sturger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    231·
    1 day ago

    “Honey, you know what would really tie this room together? A giant electronic advertising billboard!”

  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    23 hours ago

    JFC

    Advertising is a small part of the experience, and it helps customers discover new content and products they may be interested in. If customers don’t like a suggestion, they can swipe to skip to the next screen card or directly provide feedback by tapping the Information icon or pressing the screen.

    No fucks given, we’re gonna shove em down your throat.

    • kamen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      22 hours ago

      If they give you a “no ads for me at all, thanks” option, it’d be fine, but I highly doubt that this would happen.

  • MintyFresh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago

    Anyone know a good TV on the market now? I don’t need ultra resolution. I want it unsmart. I need it to switch between HDMI inputs.

    • kamen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      21 hours ago

      I’m also in the market for one. Can’t give you a recommendation from experience, but from what I read some smart TVs can be booted up and operated in “dumb” mode, which I think would be a good compromise - you might wanna look into that, because dedicated dumb TVs seem to be next to non-existent.

    • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      21 hours ago

      You’ll pay through the nose, but look at digital signage panels. They are bristling with I/O, configurable to the nth degree, wonderfully over-engineered and utterly free from bloat.

    • Petter1@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      22 hours ago

      B&O 😊 awesome Picture and awesome Sound.
      Smartness is only achieved by placing an Apple TV into it.

      And price is way too high.

      My dad has one.

      I have an old LG and have set on my router to keep it offline

      I only use it with ISP TV box, Nintendo Switch and Apple TV

  • Alenalda@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    1 day ago

    Wait until your smart TV starts playing adds every 10min no matter what your watching, or even if the TV is “turned off”