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minus-squaresoviettaters@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·11 months agoThey literally all exist because of big tech. There’s no point of a virtual assistant existing except to gather data.
minus-squarekirklennon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months ago> > > There’s no point of a virtual assistant existing except to gather data. > > Siri is one of the most-used virtual assistants and its purpose is not to gather data. It’s a value-added service meant to sell more Apple hardware.
minus-squareSethayy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoAnd yelling at Alexa to start laundry alarms, which tbh I’m on the fence of plugging her back in for (unless anyone’s got any better recomendations)
They literally all exist because of big tech. There’s no point of a virtual assistant existing except to gather data.
> > > There’s no point of a virtual assistant existing except to gather data. > >
Siri is one of the most-used virtual assistants and its purpose is not to gather data. It’s a value-added service meant to sell more Apple hardware.
And yelling at Alexa to start laundry alarms, which tbh I’m on the fence of plugging her back in for (unless anyone’s got any better recomendations)