mayflower@lemmy.ml to asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is a technology/gadget you refuse to use and why?message-squaremessage-square246fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down14
arrow-up1175arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a technology/gadget you refuse to use and why?mayflower@lemmy.ml to asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square246fedilink
minus-squareangstylittlecatboy@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoVoice commands. I get the utility if you’re disabled or elderly, but it seems like a hassle to anyone else. Any smart home tech that isn’t fully self-hosted. I’m far from a privacy hardliner, but that’s one line I won’t let the corpos cross.
minus-squarecyberpunk007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWalking about in public “OK GOOGLE, ORDER A JUG OF LUBE ON AMAZON”
minus-squarecrazystuff@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSometimes I’m taking a shower in the morning before work, and I want to enjoy it but I know I can also lose track of time. So I just yell, ‘hey Siri, what time?’. Also when cooking, hands dirty, ‘hey Siri, thirteen minutes’ and she sets the timer
Voice commands. I get the utility if you’re disabled or elderly, but it seems like a hassle to anyone else.
Any smart home tech that isn’t fully self-hosted. I’m far from a privacy hardliner, but that’s one line I won’t let the corpos cross.
Walking about in public “OK GOOGLE, ORDER A JUG OF LUBE ON AMAZON”
Sometimes I’m taking a shower in the morning before work, and I want to enjoy it but I know I can also lose track of time. So I just yell, ‘hey Siri, what time?’. Also when cooking, hands dirty, ‘hey Siri, thirteen minutes’ and she sets the timer