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Thread #167841   Message #4052158
Posted By: Mr Red
13-May-20 - 03:54 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Name your poison: Google or Alexa phone?
Subject: RE: Tech: Name your poison: Google or Alexa phone?
Depends on how much you value your personal data.

Alexa and the Goggle equivalent are harvesting your location and where you surf to. And anything you ask Alexa will be framed in its preferences (aka sponsored ads), not the best. And many apps want to know your contacts' data.

If you hail taxis/Uber have fast (yuk) food delivered and need to be on Fakebook every hour, none of that will matter to you.

When I bought my first smart phone (S3 mini, still use it) I needed a remote camera app for a Sony camera and I told the guy to install the app, sort of condition of purchase. A good wheeze, because I could have figured it out but he did it quicker and I was assured it did what I bought it for.