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Jesusaurus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Man the weirdest thing I’ve noticed with my Google home getting shitter is saying “stop” when a timer is going off—say stop, wait 4 seconds for it to acknowledge

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  • Jesusaurus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    OMG it takes me 10 times of telling it to stop for it to actually stop the timer alarm

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• jBlight@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I thought that was just me! I feel like the overall quality of Google home has been going down. I have to tell Google to turn off my lights like 3 times before it works now a days

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  • RGB3x3@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve been degoogling and de-nesting for the last year, especially since the door sensors are going to stop working, just so they can try to sell ADT stuff.

    I can no longer trust Google not to kill everything it touches.

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    • uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Animal of the Day was the last straw.

      RIP

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    • jBlight@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What do you use nowadays that’s on the safer side? I don’t know much outside of the big players like Google. Any advice will be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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      • RGB3x3@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        NewPipe for YouTube, ProtonVPN to help hide my activity from trackers, Firefox with Privacy Badger and uBlock, Tidal as a replacement for YT Music, I’ve found Moon FM to work for me as a replacement for Google Podcasts.

        I’ll be hosting a NAS with Immich to replace Google Photos and have other file storage some time this year.

        I use an android, so there’s only so much I can do (and I don’t want to fiddle with GrapheneOS or iPhones). But I find things more enjoyable without constant ads everywhere and without new “features” that only serve to try to keep all your attention on an app all the time.

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    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Took you long enough.

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