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by psadauskas 482 days ago
I wouldn't mind it so much, if it benefited me in any way. Phones are listening all the time, Google and Apply know where I am constantly, they all have access to all my credit card purchases. Why can't I ask arbitrary questions I know they have the data to answer. Some examples of things I feel like should be trivial:

> Hey Google, when's the last time I bought gas for my truck? What did I pay, and how many MPG did I get?

> Hey Siri, the other day at the bar, my friend was telling me about a TV show he recommended I watch. What was the name of the show again? What service streams it? Play the trailer on the living room TV.

Instead, they just harvest all the data, sell it to whoever they feel like, just so everyone can show me intrusive adds for shit I don't care about.