rodhilton, (edited )
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My kids made up a game called playing "Alexa" which is where they intentionally misunderstand me and tell me "sorry, I'm having trouble connecting to the internet. Please try again in your Alexa app"

The main feature of the Alexa, to them, is that it never works.

Irelephant,

@rodhilton
I once said to a Google nest "hey Google what time is it" in the middle of the night. It responded with "choosing songs is only available to Spotify premium subscribers but this playlist may be similar" and it played music at full volume in the middle of the night.

Irelephant,

@rodhilton
I once said to a Google nest "hey Google what time is it" in the middle of the night. It responded with "choosing songs is only available to Spotify premium subscribers but this playlist may be similar" and it played music at full volume in the middle of the night.

Pevala,

@rodhilton 🤣

kierkegaank,
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@rodhilton you won’t fool the children of the revoluuution

Kgault,

@rodhilton So when the kids want something you reply back with the same statement.

TCMuffin,
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@rodhilton

Brilliant 👏👏👏

SonofaGeorge,

@rodhilton have you tried rebooting?

Xopher,
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@rodhilton And here we have the exact reason that Alexa's never taken off for Amazon.

Well, that and the fear of privacy violations even among people who don't usually pay attention to that stuff.

rodhilton,
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@Xopher the frustrating refusal to do what you ask is the Alexa's defining trait.

gdinwiddie,
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@rodhilton
Except for that last bit, my son played that game with me decades ago.

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