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I already wonder how people does accept alexa, google home, smart fridges, smart TV and smartphones overloaded with trackers. Now bots full of cameras and obviously connected to internet are coming.


Convenience. It’s the same reason many people will pick safety over freedom. I’m not making a judgement. It’s just an observation.


I see it more like the consumerism culture alimented with strong marketing that convince people there's something to gain while occluding any downsides: any individual or collective loss.

Like the loss of privacy or the pollution caused by a gadget industry relying on batteries, plastics, consumed power put together, [...].


You wouldn’t understand until you’ve used one on a daily basis. The marketing can only do so much if the products don’t actually deliver. They deliver


Marketing is a huge part of it as well. There are a lot of slick online and physical ads for these products. Heck, most of these devices were created by ad companies.


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