Comment on ‘Alexa, what do you know about us?’ What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything my family’s smart speaker had heard

Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• capuccino@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  someone need to backbone capitalism, he is a hero

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• burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  they have hostile lobes

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• NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Maybe they have lots of ears.

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• Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  “In as many years” is doing a lot of work there. I dont think Amazon was selling headphones in 1997.

  That said if they are spending 10-40 bucks on headphones a year they are doing alright.

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  • Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Are they?? Am I the weird one for not constantly breaking headphones? I’m in my 30s and I can count on two hands the number of headphones I’ve had in my entire life

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I paid I think 250 for earphones over covid. They went in the wash a few weeks ago. I’ll probably spend between 300 and 400 on a replacement. That will ~700 spent which I would hope would do me for at least an additional five years so 70 a year is more than what I would imagine they are spending annually.

      That said I expect mine to be better

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      • Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        That’s fair I suppose. I buy quality to last as well. I’ve only bought two pairs of headphones in the last 10 years. One pair is in ear studio monitors that came with a pouch to prevent damage and the other was some over the ear open backs for when I need to be quiet at my desk.

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• nul42@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Clearly written by a Ferengi.

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• explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I absolutely tear through headphones. When they’re wired, the wire breaks where it meets the earpiece. When they’re wireless, the battery last like two hours. The USB port on my phone is long dead, and they don’t sell phones with the old headphone jack that didn’t break.

  But I still refuse to be that guy playing music on the bus.

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  • ZiemekZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Buy some on-ears or (better yet) over-ears, still rocking my Sony WH-CH700N for almost 6 years. Can’t find a successor for them, CH710N and CH720N for unknown reasons got rid of aptX ;_;

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  • Nalivai@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You need to buy a pair of good ones. Not hyped, not endorsed by whatever weird rap singer, but good ones.
    I bought a pair of good BT headphones 10 years ago, and they still going great. 10 years ago the battery lasted 20 hours, now it’s around 12 or so, which is still more than enough.

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    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Ok that sounds pretty good! What’s the model number?

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      • Nalivai@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I don’t know the exact model unfortunately, It’s Sennheiser and they’re all weird. The old one can’t connect to their new configuration software so I can’t check.
        I also have their newer version, Momentum 3, and can very much recommend that one, all the same great quality, but also Bluetooth 5.0

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  • Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Get a tiny carrying pouch for your wired headphones and they will last a lot longer

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