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People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads (arstechnica.com)
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“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.

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[-] 1984@lemmy.today 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

People should give up streaming subscriptions. How long would it take to learn how to get movies another way, from a friend who is already doing it.

People dont even own their media anymore and it can be removed at any time. And they are paying for that. Lols.

[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I think you are severely underestimating how computer illiterate most people are. Many people I know struggle to use their Iphones. Not long ago a friend asked me to help him turn on subtitles on a streaming service on his smart TV.

[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Its for families mostly. I dont want my small children coming up to me all the time asking for a different show downloaded that they heard about from school, and Erica's parents actually HAVE Disney+ and says anyone who cmdoesnt must be a loser omg etc etc.

I taught my brother how to do it years ago, and he got his shit virused so fast. I'm not sure if hes colossally stupid or just plain unlucky.

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

I learned how to sail in 5 mins from a friend the other day. It's stupidly easy.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago

This is clicking buttons on your device. How did people install Instagram and use that without a degree?

I think people are just afraid of it.

[-] freebee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

The shittiest apps come pre-installed.

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