Let’s just say it. I’m inherently lazy. If I can find an easy route to getting things done, I’m there. If someone offers help, in whatever capacity, I smilingly stand aside. Oh, no, did I forget to mention my ardent curiosity regarding just about everything? I want to KNOW and NOW!
I love Goddess Google. She’s my go to for info. And then there’s YouTube University where I’ve learned at my own pace to do just about anything from steaming off the too dark tint on my dad’s old CaraVan windows, to teaching myself how to watercolor paint during the pandemic. But Alexa—a “gift” from my daughter in law—I renamed her “Echo”, and I rarely use her, in fact most months she sits not only off, but unplugged! When I did use her/it, it was mostly for the music, but it had too many commercial interruptions, and I wasn’t going to pay Amazon for streaming uninterrupted music that I can just pop a CD into my old tiny boombox—remember those—and hit repeat to some soothing background sounds.
To say I don’t trust Alexa/Echo is an understatement. I’m also getting to not trusting my iPhone either. Just the other day I was talking to my son while giving him a ride to work about something I wouldn’t mind purchasing. That next day, I start getting electronic junk mail about that very thing! 😳
I love Goddess Google. She’s my go to for info. And then there’s YouTube University where I’ve learned at my own pace to do just about anything from steaming off the too dark tint on my dad’s old CaraVan windows, to teaching myself how to watercolor paint during the pandemic. But Alexa—a “gift” from my daughter in law—I renamed her “Echo”, and I rarely use her, in fact most months she sits not only off, but unplugged! When I did use her/it, it was mostly for the music, but it had too many commercial interruptions, and I wasn’t going to pay Amazon for streaming uninterrupted music that I can just pop a CD into my old tiny boombox—remember those—and hit repeat to some soothing background sounds.
To say I don’t trust Alexa/Echo is an understatement. I’m also getting to not trusting my iPhone either. Just the other day I was talking to my son while giving him a ride to work about something I wouldn’t mind purchasing. That next day, I start getting electronic junk mail about that very thing! 😳
Whoa!
I know, right! Just because one is not paranoid, doesn’t mean “they” are not listening!
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