“I’m about to just toss the whole thing…”…

“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.

  • sturger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    25·
    7 days ago

    “Honey, you know what would really tie this room together? A giant electronic advertising billboard!”

  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    7 days ago

    JFC

    Advertising is a small part of the experience, and it helps customers discover new content and products they may be interested in. If customers don’t like a suggestion, they can swipe to skip to the next screen card or directly provide feedback by tapping the Information icon or pressing the screen.

    No fucks given, we’re gonna shove em down your throat.

    • kamen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      If they give you a “no ads for me at all, thanks” option, it’d be fine, but I highly doubt that this would happen.

  • Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    I don’t think I’ll ever buy any product that advertises itself as ‘smart’. They seem to be anything but.

    Edit: I do have a 14 year old ‘smart’ TV, but it’s basically only a monitor for my PC.

  • Octavio@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    7 days ago

    I regret ever getting mixed up with Amazon in the first place. I canceled Prime, stopped ordering from Amazon’s website, found a Kindle alternative, pulled the plug on my IoT crap, and unplugged my Echoes. No regrets. YMMV.

  • MintyFresh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    7 days ago

    Anyone know a good TV on the market now? I don’t need ultra resolution. I want it unsmart. I need it to switch between HDMI inputs.

    • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      For a TV, just don’t connect it to a network.

      This doesn’t work for the Amazon Echo Show though, since internet connectivity is required for its core function.

      • MintyFresh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        I know, that’s what I do. It’s just so bloat ridden it’s 5 clicks with a shitty remote to switch inputs. I want a tv with no UI, just a power button, volume, channel, and input. Maybe a menu for color settings. The menus on mine are built to push me to one app or another. Every time I turn it on I have to navigate pop ups and prompts trying to get me to connect it and spend money on one app or another. I just want to go to HDMI 1.

    • kamen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      I’m also in the market for one. Can’t give you a recommendation from experience, but from what I read some smart TVs can be booted up and operated in “dumb” mode, which I think would be a good compromise - you might wanna look into that, because dedicated dumb TVs seem to be next to non-existent.

    • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      You’ll pay through the nose, but look at digital signage panels. They are bristling with I/O, configurable to the nth degree, wonderfully over-engineered and utterly free from bloat.

    • Petter1@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      B&O 😊 awesome Picture and awesome Sound.
      Smartness is only achieved by placing an Apple TV into it.

      And price is way too high.

      My dad has one.

      I have an old LG and have set on my router to keep it offline

      I only use it with ISP TV box, Nintendo Switch and Apple TV

  • kamen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    Can anyone recommend a similar type of device that’s not ad-supported? I don’t care about voice, but would like to have a desk clock with a synced calendar.

  • moopet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    The evolutionarily stable state is a small percentage more ads than people will tolerate. That’s just maths.