• soviettaters@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They literally all exist because of big tech. There’s no point of a virtual assistant existing except to gather data.

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      1 year 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.

    • Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      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)