Re: Alexa
Originally Posted by
spitfire
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I've got an Alexa, didn't buy it, it was won in a competition, it ain't been out the box yet, it's in the sideboard cupboard. Is this cruelty of some sort, do you think she want's to talk, it may be a Pandora's Box, should it be opened, would you open it?
Ah yes the Alexa thing, they say sales are going to top the 50 billion dollars in 2018, as a betting man I would not wager on that, but don’t mind me I’m old fashioned.
Great for blind folks but in my humble opinion I think it is far easier to type a command or question into a computer than to have to speak perfectly everytime like a news reader into a portable round box like an idiot, anyone with a strong accent is lost straight away, that includes me and 90% of the country, if I’m wrong, and I usually am, I would invest my hard earned coin in the reopening of the old ‘Zubes’ factory here on the Southside, soothing sore throats will be where the smart money lies, Zubes might even open up in competition with youtube—youzube.
Not forgetting “Fisherman’s Friend” they are still available as far as I know, an unexpected bonanza for them, God never closes one door and all that.
I agree with Mups, man/woman will eventually end up as one huge big bald head on a bed, no need to do anything anymore, nature’s law “If you don’t use them you lose them”, what a horrible thought.