Funnily enough, can't read the article due to a sales ad for the site.
this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2025
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Something ironic about a news site writing news about how terrible ads are while showing you ads and collecting and sharing your information to sell to advertisers to show you more ads.
Imagine buying hardware so some guy in Seattle can use it as he pleases
Wait... you really thought it will be different?
That's why I quit watching TV and will never allow those spies into my home!
Won't ever catch me paying for hardware that sole purpose is to cram as many ADs down your throat as possible
Active Directories?
Dawg, it's an Alexa with a screen.
If anything I'm more surprised it wasn't showing ads from day 0.
Alexa, stop the ads.
Or don't, I literally do not care and have never and will never use a product like this, anyway
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