Having to do any manual step is beyond what the Echo devices require, they just reboot themselves randomly one day and boom, a whole new new set of features for advertisers.
manualoverride
I was so convinced Stardew Valley had ads and micro transactions I had to look it up, but no ads no MT.
Everything I found was positive, it may be the last bastion of cute and positive gaming.
Owning that space in peoples homes is the point, I bought them just for controlling my lights via voice, but the screen started as a clock and weather report and now shows adverts almost constantly.
I’m looking at HomeAssistant as a replacement but you have to realise that unless you are tech savvy, you probably don’t even know HomeAssistant exists let alone know how to set it up for your requirements.
This guy I swear is looking at my internet search history… The closers most popular around here are the sprung chains in a cylinder hidden in the hinge style. Not sure they have close/latch speed options though. I need to sort out my garage and stairs fire doors, as they are currently always held open by a fire extinguisher (for irony) and a stuffed dog respectively.
Maybe, but if you are a disgusting human being anyway you may as well do everything they want and they might give you another 10k next year.
In my former career I had to select a Knowledge Base product for a large company, one of the options were Oracle, they were the most expensive per year by several million, their next competitor was half the price.
Yeah - I’m going to get around to it one of these days… it’s only £100, so as long as I get it back before Tesla goes bankrupt I think I’m good.
I still have a deposit on this thing, but as I’m in a RHD country with European safety standards I don’t think it will ever be produced.
I’m not considering any Tesla for my next car and I was a huge fanboy up until about 2020, but musk has made it clear he doesn’t want my business, so I’ll leave him to his new MAGA customers.
I’m also waiting to see how he’s going to get out of all those free Roadsters he promised to all the referral collectors.
I’m all for supporting the underdog who probably doesn’t have a chance… so I’m considering going back to Twitter.
Article says 23,000 people are on a wait list for social housing in Birmingham, but the council is bankrupt because of the equal pay claim they had to settle so even when a solution like this falls in their lap, they can’t afford to take it.
Looks like someone with lots of money is going to get a lot of housing for less than £200k per apartment (around a 30% discount). Usually you have to be a bank during a recession for a bargain like that!
I’m really enjoying late stage capitalism, it’s like playing a post-apocalyptic video game, without the nuisance of having to learn the controls.
I had an instinct it would be there
Not sure who you think you are advising here, but I suspect Amazon is making sure their echo devices are on the high end of security, any vulnerability will get a lot of press attention.
For Home Assistant and other more open devices this is the problem, you either accept a lot of tinkering ensuring it’s updated, working and secure, or it fails the wife/parent test.
Apple, Google or Amazon devices are just too easy in comparison, but you have to put up with the intrusion and ads.
A lot more people are willing to sacrifice data and adverts for convenience.