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Originally Posted by ApK
1. The point of the feature is so it can be voice controlled without needing the user to touch anything. I understand not wanting that, or wanting it optional, but it is certainly a key feature for the Echo and the Dot. Virtually the whole point for some of us.
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Except in the case of people with a physical handicap, it doesn't seem too onerous to bop the device when you want it to do something.
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2. I want to repeat this question just once more because I'm curious: Why do you think think the Echo/Dot tracks or stores anything you say before the wake word? Amazon says it doesn't. If you don't trust what Amazon says about how the device works, why would trust that a device like the Tap isn't constantly listening and tracking you? Maybe all that button does is tell the device to stop pretending it can't hear you?
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I don't necessarily believe that it is tracking and storing information, but it may be. If it's listening, it could be tracking. I just don't want something listening all the time. If you had a personal servant, would you want him shadowing you all the time, waiting for instructions, or would you rather have him farther away so that you have to put in some extra smidge of effort but retain more privacy? I'd opt for slightly greater privacy.
I just returned to this thread and saw a few posts about Alexa responding when not being called. I don't want that either. I don't want a device to respond to my TV or radio, or to my cats' meowing, or whatever.
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I hope this doesn't sound too judgmental or argumentative or whatever the right word is when you argue against someone's perfectly valid preference. I don't mean it to. I'm just trying to understand the reasoning.
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There's no deep reason. As I think I said originally, if I were really dazzled by this device, I wouldn't NOT get it because of privacy concerns. When the Echo first came out, I ordered it, but reconsidered during the long delay before it was supposed to ship. Despite the cool factor, I realized I'd actually only use it as a speaker, so why bother? Now it seems that it has more functionality, but still nothing that I absolutely have to have. Price is more of a factor than privacy.
I still don't even have a tablet, so I am not exactly an early adopter of tech gadgets.