Comment on Oral-B bricking Alexa toothbrush is cautionary tale against buzzy tech

DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Kissaki@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I only purchased this toothbrush from Amazon because that was the only way to get the water-resistant Alexa speaker that I wanted for the bathroom.

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  • DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I only purchased this toothbrush because that was the only way to get the water-resistant Corporate Surveillance Device that I wanted for the bathroom.

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    • goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I only purchased this toothbrush because that was the only way to get the water-resistant Entertainment Center/Speaker/Corporate Surveillance Device for the one room in my house that is the least comfortable, has the worst acoustics, and has the strongest expectation of privacy, and also I can’t just put a regular Alexa in like a plastic bag or something because I blew my plastic bag budget on a fucking app-controlled toothbrush or whatever the fuck this is supposed to be, jesus christ

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    • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That NSA agent is going to have a grand old time, listening to poop concertos.

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      • Jimbo@yiffit.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I thought you were gonna say he’s going to have a grand old time listening to Grand Old Flag

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• renard_roux@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think we need to look a bit back in time for the answer:

  “If they pay a penie or two pence more for the reddinesse of them…let them looke to that, a foole and his money is soone parted.”

  — From Dr. John Bridges’ Defence of the Government of the Church of England, 1587.

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