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Discussion on: Google home devices listing in on you without permission, by third party contractors.

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Andrew (he/him)

I don't understand the attraction with digital assistants. Anything I could do with an Alexa, I can already do from my phone.

Maybe from a disability perspective, they're a good thing, but I just think they're unnecessary luxuries for everyone else.

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DeChamp

we use it to play music and turn on/off the lamp in our living room. That is it lol. But phones are not always around, and i've never really had good luck with siri picking up from father than a few feet away. I guess to each their own

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Andrew (he/him)

My brother uses it for those exact same things haha

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DeChamp

ha ha, great minds think alike.