tOfficial Amazon Thread

NU_FTW said:
Exactly, they are involved in these large acquisitions regardless of the look, when the big boys make any moves they gotta bring the whole legal team
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well they do actually have to read the small print for a purchase like that
 
ill said:
well they do actually have to read the small print for a purchase like that
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yea and with redundancy i would imagine
 
RobBase (c) said:
We have so many cameras around my house it’s like a scene in Breaking Bad.
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RobBase (c) said:
We have so many cameras around my house it’s like a scene in Breaking Bad.
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Prove it!! and fuck alexa/amazon cameras bunch of garbage!!
 
HammerDown said:
I stopped pretendng I'm going to do this. They got me. I hate it but I realize now I'm not going to cut my nose off to spite my face.

Also, inb4 someone who accuses me of being obsessed with Bitcoin brings up Bitcoin.
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I'm down to about 4 personal orders a year and 2 on the biz account. Probably should do what you're doing with the Prime shit because I also don't really watch any of their content, either.

But that would mean I'd have to check to see if I'm paying for the Prime account or my work is. If it's the latter, it's not getting removed because the hoops I have to jump through to activate and deactivate are retarded. They've (amazon) had to refund me over a year of membership fees because they were double billing me and now I can't remember who pays for it anymore.

My sheer, unadulterated laziness costs me so much money all the time :bawling:
 
CorpRebel said:
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smart speakers/assistants are definitely a compromise, each individual has to determine their own comfort level. I have no illusions that if the government wanted to spy on me they could/would do so without the use of smart speakers but fuck Amazon ill take google smart speakers over that (already in it with my phone anyway)
 
NU_FTW said:
Prove it!! and fuck alexa/amazon cameras bunch of garbage!!
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I used my Alexa today to see if the baby was up. He was. Then I used my Alexa to talk to him from different floors, told him I’d come get him. He was like okay. Then we used another Alexa to listen to music while we played in the basement. Everything worked great.

Then I used another one later to listen to music in the garage.
 
RobBase (c) said:
I used my Alexa today to see if the baby was up. He was. Then I used my Alexa to talk to him from different floors, told him I’d come get him. He was like okay. Then we used another Alexa to listen to music while we played in the basement. Everything worked great.

Then I used another one later to listen to music in the gargare.
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Google > Alexa
 
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NU_FTW said:
smart speakers/assistants are definitely a compromise, each individual has to determine their own comfort level. I have no illusions that if the government wanted to spy on me they could/would do so without the use of smart speakers but fuck Amazon ill take google smart speakers over that (already in it with my phone anyway)
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Seems like so many people are just "lazy people" looking for "super convenience" over security UNTIL... it comes to bite them in the ass in the future.

I generally try to not get too involved with any IoT crap, so I don't have any big concerns at this time. I think I'm reasonably "tech savvy" and if these type of things "float people's boat", by all means, they can go for it! :nod:

That's why I like to use that particular pic when talking about this stuff. It's SO true! :dhd:
 
moxie said:
I'm down to about 4 personal orders a year and 2 on the biz account. Probably should do what you're doing with the Prime shit because I also don't really watch any of their content, either.

But that would mean I'd have to check to see if I'm paying for the Prime account or my work is. If it's the latter, it's not getting removed because the hoops I have to jump through to activate and deactivate are retarded. They've (amazon) had to refund me over a year of membership fees because they were double billing me and now I can't remember who pays for it anymore.

My sheer, unadulterated laziness costs me so much money all the time :bawling:
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I shit you not, I haven't looked at a credit card statement in 10 yrs because I don't want to have to deal with all the disputes I know I need to open. :L
 
CorpRebel said:
Seems like so many people are just "lazy people" looking for "super convenience" over security UNTIL... it comes to bite them in the ass in the future.

I generally try to not get too involved with any IoT crap, so I don't have any big concerns at this time. I think I'm reasonably "tech savvy" and if these type of things "float people's boat", by all means, they can go for it! :nod:

That's why I like to use that particular pic when talking about this stuff. It's SO true! :dhd:
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i mean that is the purist reason why people get these things. Convenience. My whole house is a smart home i have 90 things on my network(well on a segregated network) if it gives you any idea ;) from lights to outlets to washer dryer tv garaged doorbell outdoor cameras indoor cameras etc. Its beyond convenience for me, it allows to have a rigid routine without fail. I set announcements that help remind kids of things like before bed snack, things like homework, things like brushing teeth, i have routines that turn on lights in their rooms in the morning and tell them to wake up for school, i have their outlets for their tv power off at a certain time at night so they cant accidently forget to set a sleep timer or stay up watching a show. I have alerts that tell me if someone enters my backyard unknown to me so i have that extra peace of mind for my pool safety. this is just the tip of the ice berg for my uses, but its beyond simple conveniences :D
 
HammerDown said:
I shit you not, I haven't looked at a credit card statement in 10 yrs because I don't want to have to deal with all the disputes I know I need to open. :facepalm:
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#humblebrag
 
NU_FTW said:
i mean that is the purist reason why people get these things. Convenience. My whole house is a smart home i have 90 things on my network(well on a segregated network) if it gives you any idea ;) from lights to outlets to washer dryer tv garaged doorbell outdoor cameras indoor cameras etc. Its beyond convenience for me, it allows to have a rigid routine without fail. I set announcements that help remind kids of things like before bed snack, things like homework, things like brushing teeth, i have routines that turn on lights in their rooms in the morning and tell them to wake up for school, i have their outlets for their tv power off at a certain time at night so they cant accidently forget to set a sleep timer or stay up watching a show. I have alerts that tell me if someone enters my backyard unknown to me so i have that extra peace of mind for my pool safety. this is just the tip of the ice berg for my uses, but its beyond simple conveniences :D
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Reminds me of that Zager & Evans Song - In The Year 2525



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The Movie WALL-E

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I don’t get offers to come back to prime. I wonder if it’s because I still order shit from Amazon?

I also had it while outside of the US and there is more content to watch.
 
CorpRebel said:
Reminds me of that Zager & Evans Song - In The Year 2525



AND

The Movie WALL-E

wall-e GIF
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LOL i enjoy my conveniences too much :D but unlike those fatties in wall-e i teach my kids that despite our conveniences and toys we still need to stay healthy and do cardio.
 
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