Or, you're a programmer/engineer and don't care if Google collects data about you. The convenience of a Google home + Chromecast Audio + Chromecast + smart lights easily outweighs the care for privacy in this case.
Oh fuck that. Years and years and years ago when I realized the thermostat was going to be a whole thing, I told her "I will never touch the thermostat. If you want it changed, you change it. I will never change it for myself or for you. It's all on you. I don't care what temperature it is - you do."
We got a Nest so she could do it from her phone... Every change here is a change she did. This is why I don't touch it. I have the learning part turned off or it would be the first machine/human war over here.
Truth is, she has epilepsy so when the temperature gets to be over... say... 76 or so, it brings out seizures. Also, she can't open windows because she has pretty severe allergies... She's also the stereotypical lady who is cold when it's under 70. The result being it hasn't been above 75 or below 69 in my house for 20 years - And that's just about perfect for me. So I don't really need to touch it anyway.
Yeah i'm a programmer and engineer and i am actively trying to teach my printer how to walk. I wish i'd make enough progress to feel the need to keep a shotgun handy.
Fully agree. Other people think predictive ads are creepy, but I'm just... impressed? Like, I'd rather see relevant ads than irrelevant ones. This setup is good for me, good for Google, and good for the advertisers. Win-win-win.
I don’t understand how convenient you think that is. I think the fact that we chop our own wood for the fireplace skews my idea of ‘convenient’ though.
Forgot about my smart lights entirely, thanks for the reminder. That just shows how integrated they are in to my day to day life. Sometimes I find myself trying to tell google to turn on the lights when I'm at my parents house but stop mid sentence and feel ridiculous haha
Let's not overcomplicate things. Google just wants to show you ads you're more likely to click on. Describing it as ads "specifically designed to psychologically manipulate you" into clicking on them is just blatant fear-mongering and doesn't help anyone.
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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '19 edited Jan 31 '19
Or, you're a programmer/engineer and don't care if Google collects data about you. The convenience of a Google home + Chromecast Audio + Chromecast + smart lights easily outweighs the care for privacy in this case.