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[–] [email protected] 89 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Amazon really got people to pay to be spied on. Wild world we live in bois

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 19 hours ago

Everyone who didn’t get an echo as a gift, I’d imagine

[–] [email protected] 7 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Plenty of people I know have gotten the little echo dots or the bigger alternative with larger speakers for Christmas or birthdays. Technically they didn't spend money, but their friends and family did.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

They are usually on sale for less than $20

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

I see. The initial purchase price is the “payment”. I thought the intimation was some sort of subscription to use Alexa. My bad.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

They typed from their device that is also spying on them that they most likely also paid for...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Please, sir I have a pager