years ago, i bought an Echo Dot for my home automation system. it was great.

then, while testing out some digital signage devices, i bought a Firestick. connected that to my TV, and it said “one moment, while i connect to your network.” i literally said out loud “good luck without my (very complicated) password!”

somehow, it connected successfully. i instantly disconnected both devices from power, and properly disposed of them, and changed my network password.

i had always assumed the Echo Dot just handed the password over, but now i have doubts!

that’s really a pointless feature, since it doesn’t really take all that long to load the data yourself…

truly a shame that more corporations aren’t willing to stand up against the people who are trying to overthrow democracy

10/10. would eat.

that’s the thing - i think he is terrible for the province/country, but he is definitely on the right side of things, with this comment. it’s interesting, because he is on record saying he was 100% happy Trump won, then he goes and says this. looks like he is trying to play both sides of the issue.

i honestly think he’s a LOT more left-leaning than he lets on, but he really likes his conservative donors a tiny bit more than that.

imagine if they simply spent that lobbying money on research and development!

Nazi punks Nazi punks Nazi punks…

exactly! this just shows that how we are responding is just perfect. he only talks like this about people he doesn’t like, or when he isn’t getting things precisely the way HE wants it to be done. this guy never learned to manage his emotions beyond six years of age.

that makes more sense than my dumb conspiracy idea!

guy wouldn’t know majesty if it came up and bit him in the face

i believe you’re on to something, with the thought that removing it wasn’t unintentional…

i am willing to bet it was deliberate, but as a way to catch more users who refuse to upgrade from Win10 BECAUSE of Copilot. once they get more users to adopt, they simply put it back in, in one of their updates

holy metaphor, Batman!

imagine how many republicans were immensely angered by this! makes me feel warm inside.

i didn’t think they will be able to. all the kleptocrats will make sure that there’s some legal document that will guarantee that they get hugely compensated in the event that the government tries to take their property back.

well i didn’t vote for him

perhaps it’s worded that way for legal reasons? maybe if they flat out said it was non-toxic, and then it turned out that they were wrong, someone could sue them.

i am sure it’s the same sort of idea behind posting a video of someone committing a crime on camera, they use the word “allegedly”

dunno; not a lawyer

no they won’t. these pricks literally fired their entire AI Ethics team… that tells you everything you need to know about where their priorities are.

the only thing they are gonna do about this is figure out a way to make people not angry, but continue to fo as much shady shit as they can.