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It’s pretty cool how things we purchase can just lose functionality at the drop of a hat.

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[–] Astronauticaldb 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Just as a little tip, in the US if you switch your Echo's language to US-CAN it displays way less ads :)

[–] Opisek 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Those things have ads? Why would you intentionally buy an advertisement billboard for your house?

[–] Astronauticaldb -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a toss up, but it pretty much only shows just photo/link ads. The one that they've really been pushing recently is that Disney platformer game on the Switch for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yea but you still willingly put a little billboard in your house and you even paid them to do it 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I love paying a faceless corporation that hates humans to remind me everyday that capitalism is killing me!

[–] Astronauticaldb 1 points 3 months ago

Sorry, what I meant was that the ads are extremely easy to ignore, and you can immediately swipe through them if you want to. I use mine exclusively as an alarm clock anyways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Ah, similar trick works with some viruses. If you set the keyboard layout or timezone to Russian, the ransomware will not encrypt your files.