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You would have total control of alerts.I would spike my phone on the ground if it buzzed every time it heard a commercial it could show me AR for
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What if I don't have glasses on?
The app is running 24/7 listening for advertising key words?
What if I'm just casually listening to the radio while multi tasking or driving and the AR butts in?
Who wants to be bombarded with that much advertising? As it is now, ad blocker and pay subscriptions (to remove ads) are a big thing.
I can't believe we put up with cable TV advertising for so long. You pay for the TV service, and STILL had ads every 10 mins.
Now, we pay for TV service (Netflix etc) and don't get ANY ads. It makes cable TV seem 100 years old.
The app is running 24/7 listening for advertising key words?
What if I'm just casually listening to the radio while multi tasking or driving and the AR butts in?
Who wants to be bombarded with that much advertising? As it is now, ad blocker and pay subscriptions (to remove ads) are a big thing.
I can't believe we put up with cable TV advertising for so long. You pay for the TV service, and STILL had ads every 10 mins.
Now, we pay for TV service (Netflix etc) and don't get ANY ads. It makes cable TV seem 100 years old.
Got an ad in a game app on my phone today for something directly related to a conversation I had (only once, and in the house) with Sarah 2 days ago. We have no alexa or similar devices. I'd done zero research on the the topic on the phone or any other device. Getting rather pissed.
I'd love to see some tech that allows me to counter the phantom ear but I'd wonder what THAT tech is listening to...
I'm curious if this is related to the fact that I activated a new phone just one day earlier.
I'd love to see some tech that allows me to counter the phantom ear but I'd wonder what THAT tech is listening to...
I'm curious if this is related to the fact that I activated a new phone just one day earlier.
I believe that it is related to the new phone John. David, the guy that works with me is a techie with a new phone. He has stated on several occasions that something that we spoke of at the shop popped up out of no where on his phone that very evening. Once I was describing to him what artillery wheels look like. That night he received two different feeds on military artillery out of the blue.
BIG BROTHER IS LISTENING!
My phone is at least 5 years old
BIG BROTHER IS LISTENING!
My phone is at least 5 years old
I'm with the naysayers. This "cool new tech" is really invasive and annoying as s***, but hey hucksters gotta huck. We don't have Alexa, Google/Nest, any of the crap that is always listening; and we don't bow to walled gardens of any ecosystem (Android, Apple, Amazon, whomever).
I worked for what is considered a weird tech company and got so much insight into all this nonsense and the privacy issues, and have been able to defeat virtually all of it - and our lives are better for it. In the course of this, I've learned about tons of "cool old tech" - host files, firewalls, vpn's, private NAS (vs cloud storage), buying stand-alone products not tied to any ecosystem and integrating them myself. The only ads we see are when watching broadcast/cable tv, I don't comprehend how people use their phones and tablets and pc's with all of the crap flung at them.
Now, new tech that is used for something other than marketing/sales is truly cool.
I worked for what is considered a weird tech company and got so much insight into all this nonsense and the privacy issues, and have been able to defeat virtually all of it - and our lives are better for it. In the course of this, I've learned about tons of "cool old tech" - host files, firewalls, vpn's, private NAS (vs cloud storage), buying stand-alone products not tied to any ecosystem and integrating them myself. The only ads we see are when watching broadcast/cable tv, I don't comprehend how people use their phones and tablets and pc's with all of the crap flung at them.
Now, new tech that is used for something other than marketing/sales is truly cool.