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Originally Posted by OtinG
I actually did that, but she gave me a definition of one of the words I used and then tried to peddle some movie/show titles to me with that word in it.  I didn't use the F bomb though, maybe I should have. They need to add a quick command for stopping her completely, like perhaps "Alexa, shut up" or "Alexa, just forget it".
Between the constant miscommunications between us humans and Alexa type devices, and those devices typically having a mission to rent or sell us stuff and thus push same our way, it can be very frustrating. Also I find their ability to predict what we are searching for to be very lacking. Perhaps their prediction algorithms work better with younger people, but they obviously don't have much clue as to what an old fart like me is trying to search for. Personally I wish Alexa or Siri would simply say, "I cannot find that" or "I don't know" rather than just keep blubbering on to the point of dominating the conversation and trying to push other stuff on us so we will buy or rent it. That's why I like using Roku. I can use my smartphone or tablet to run the Roku Remote app and simply, quickly type in what I want to find without all the miscommunications and constant sales pushes. The Apple TV can use a BT keyboard to accomplish the same thing, but Apple TV is on the bottom of my list of streaming devices due to their lackluster list of services offered. My old Apple TV is collecting dust on a shelf now. |
When I started reading your reply I thought you meant that you got the definition of the F bomb.
I'm pretty sure that you have to use the F bomb to get it to shut up like I did.