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[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes, Amazon is the worst! My echo dot asked me if I wanted to sign up for Amazon music, I said no, the echo dot misheard me and signed me up. Then I had to spend 10 minutes navigating the stupid Amazon website to cancel, making sure I click the correct greyed out button otherwise I'd have to start the process over again. Super anti-consumer behavior but what else would you expect from Amazon.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

My echo dot asked me if I wanted to sign up for Amazon music, I said no, the echo dot misheard me and signed me up.

People in 1960s would've deemed this sentence as deranged lol. You're talking to a machine and it misheard you and took your money? Are you pulling my leg?

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 3 points 1 day ago

The thing will just ask you and start taking your money if it thinks you said yes? I see so many ways this can go wrong, but then again, maybe that's is what amazon wants.