• SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
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    6 minutes ago

    One year, my parents bought all their adult children the Echo for Christmas. Mine got lost in the mail. So they ordered me another one. Also got lost somehow! I was the only one who didn’t get one. Christmas blessings!

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      7 hours ago

      My parents, my parents church, my in-laws, my sister, my wife’s friends, my old dentist, my old doctor, and several acquaintances.

      So that’s like… At least 3 people.

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      8 hours ago

      I know multiple people who stick these in every room of their houses. They’re surprisingly super popular among normies in the US.

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    8 hours ago

    Anyone have experience with locally run alternatives to this kind of device? Voice recognition technology has gotten pretty good by now, it should be possible

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      8 hours ago

      I’ve looked into and honestly they cover most of what people use the listening device for. Only issue is that they can be a bit slow and are often quite expensive. Haven’t checked in over a year though and tech like this can advance quickly.

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    9 hours ago

    I guess those few echoes left out there will hear a couple final words soon enough:

    Bye bye

    Hell, I would almost want to buy one so I could wait until the fateful day and then say “Echo, get the fuck out!” and unplug it.