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| MK14:
The person that this happened to (Brandon Jackson), has published a Youtube video about the incident. Here: There is also, a fairly recent article about the incident here: https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/15/amazon_echo_disabled_allegation/ |
| madires:
I think that Amazon crossed the line between what might be legal as part of the TOS and vigilantism, which is very concerning as they (and others) are pushing consumers hard to use their cloud and subscription based services. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: MK14 on June 16, 2023, 12:35:10 pm ---The person that this happened to (Brandon Jackson), has published a Youtube video about the incident. Here: ... There is also, a fairly recent article about the incident here: https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/15/amazon_echo_disabled_allegation/ --- End quote --- That's not a video. It is a 15 minute static picture of a pretty box, with some added ums and ahs. Your post might just become my go-to example of why 99.9% of yootoobe should be ignored. I'll bet that I picked up all the information in that 900s video within 60s, simply by reading the article! 15:1 is about par for the course. |
| MK14:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on June 16, 2023, 12:47:23 pm --- --- Quote from: MK14 on June 16, 2023, 12:35:10 pm ---The person that this happened to (Brandon Jackson), has published a Youtube video about the incident. Here: ... There is also, a fairly recent article about the incident here: https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/15/amazon_echo_disabled_allegation/ --- End quote --- That's not a video. It is a 15 minute static picture of a pretty box, with some added ums and ahs. Your post might just become my go-to example of why 99.9% of yootoobe should be ignored. I'll bet that I picked up all the information in that 900s video within 60s, simply by reading the article! 15:1 is about par for the course. --- End quote --- In all fairness to the guy. He is the (presumably) random victim here. A random individual, is NOT suppose to be a hardened, Youtube expert, with 10 million subscribers, a $20,000 Video camera and great studio lighting etc. So, I appreciate the fact that he spent the time and trouble, to carefully explain the situation, in more detail. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: MK14 on June 16, 2023, 12:51:50 pm --- --- Quote from: tggzzz on June 16, 2023, 12:47:23 pm --- --- Quote from: MK14 on June 16, 2023, 12:35:10 pm ---The person that this happened to (Brandon Jackson), has published a Youtube video about the incident. Here: ... There is also, a fairly recent article about the incident here: https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/15/amazon_echo_disabled_allegation/ --- End quote --- That's not a video. It is a 15 minute static picture of a pretty box, with some added ums and ahs. Your post might just become my go-to example of why 99.9% of yootoobe should be ignored. I'll bet that I picked up all the information in that 900s video within 60s, simply by reading the article! 15:1 is about par for the course. --- End quote --- In all fairness to the guy. He is the (presumably) random victim here. A random individual, is NOT suppose to be a hardened, Youtube expert, with 10 million subscribers, a $20,000 Video camera and great studio lighting etc. So, I appreciate the fact that he spent the time and trouble, to carefully explain the situation, in more detail. --- End quote --- He's a "Microsoft site reliability engineer", whatever that is. He didn't make a video so he doesn't need a video camera and lighting etc. He does have (and knows how to use!) the necessary tool: a keyboard. He had managed to publicise (good!) his experience without those ums and ahs. Let's hope Amazon receives even more widespread publicity, preferably with a cluebat. |
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