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These Are the Five Types of Alexa Users: Which one are you?
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| MAY 27, 2018
| CHRISTINA BONNINGTON
Posted on 05/27/2018 4:46:40 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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The StreamerI really purchased [an Echo] because we needed something much smaller, with great speakers, to play music on, Terri Axell of Salem, Oregon, told Slate. I have to admit thats what I use it for primarily.
This is definitely my category. I use Alexa to stream at least 8 hours per day on weekdays and sometimes even more to listen to talk radio. In the evenings and on weekends we stream mostly music. However, I also use Alexa to stream my audible books.
Alexa was definitely a good investment for me because I put it to a lot of use. In addition, I have a remote speaker so I can hear talk radio right next to my computer even though Alexa itself is in the other room. I also use Alexa via my Amazone Firestick to both listen to the radio and music as well as the Audible books.
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posted on
05/27/2018 4:46:40 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
To: PJ-Comix
I will never buy one of these. Is there a sixth category?
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posted on
05/27/2018 4:48:51 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: PJ-Comix
I use Alexa to turn on my streaming from my denon 4300 and acoustic monitor speakers.
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posted on
05/27/2018 4:51:25 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
(Z1)
To: Fungi
I will never buy one of these. Is there a sixth category?Why? They are extremely useful and easy to use. Just say the name of the radio station and it begins playing. Same thing with audible books. Also I love the streaming music. Sometimes I will just give Alexa the year and it plays the top music hits of that year.
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posted on
05/27/2018 4:53:28 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Come back, Sidney, I wanna chastise you.)
To: Fungi
Anything associated with the megalomaniac Bezos is not welcomed in my home.
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posted on
05/27/2018 4:53:37 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
To: PJ-Comix
As Groucho used to say “ I wouldn’t trust any group if it had me as a member” (something to that effect.) I get creeped out at anything of this within the home . Hell I have a vehicle without one computer in it as a daily driver . To have a listening device in your home is bad enough let alone PAYING for it....sucker born every minute . How come the NSA built that place out in the desert with all the servers?
To: TexasGator
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posted on
05/27/2018 4:55:18 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
(Z1)
To: PJ-Comix
These Are the Five Types of Alexa Users: Which one are you? I'm the smart kind.
I don't have Alexa — or any similar device — in my home.
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posted on
05/27/2018 4:55:22 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: mythenjoseph
We, don’t you realize your device is connected to the internet?
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posted on
05/27/2018 4:58:01 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
(Z1)
To: PJ-Comix
To each there own. I have pass no judgement in any direction on this issue. For me, however, the idea of being ‘plugged in’ is unappealing. I've used computers for most of my adult life, but I'd much rather get up and walk across the room to turn on the radio than to have a device do it for me. For similar reasons, I have an old gas-powered lawn mower, and no tractor - though most of my neighbors are riding tractors. It's just a personal choice.
To: PJ-Comix
I do not need a gadget to make my life easier. I have legs and hands for that purpose. Walter Cronkite once asked Phyllis Schlafly how she kept herself so fit and trim. She replied: “by walking to the TV during your broadcast and turning it off.” Not all technology should be automatically deemed useful, there is always another issue involved.
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posted on
05/27/2018 4:59:14 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: Steely Tom
“I ‘m the smart kind.”
I would say you are the arrogant kind ...
To: PJ-Comix
Im the type who is terrified of these listening devices.
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posted on
05/27/2018 4:59:55 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Steely Tom
Same here. And for the same reason I dont allow any external access to my home network.
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posted on
05/27/2018 5:00:44 PM PDT
by
AustinBill
(consequence is what makes our choices real)
To: neverevergiveup
I bet you use your tv remote?
To: PJ-Comix
I work in cyber security as a penetration tester. I have banded these from my house. Consider that a warning.
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posted on
05/27/2018 5:02:44 PM PDT
by
taxcontrol
(Stupid should hurt)
To: mythenjoseph
Why do you come on this thread just to insult fellow freepers?
To: taxcontrol
To: Fungi
I am the kind that wouldn’t allow one near my house.
To: PJ-Comix
#1 Intelligence agencies.
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