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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-27 months agoYes, Kindle Fire TV and Ecobee thermostat (with Alexa). And for the record, I hate Alexa, or at least the version in my thermostat. Alexa makes Google nests look like a Nobel laureate. These were also reactivations, so they already had all our account info, and entirely inside Amazons walled garden.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoWell, that at least mostly explains it. But giving the ability for Alexa to activate paid services is kind of crazy to me.
Yes, Kindle Fire TV and Ecobee thermostat (with Alexa).
And for the record, I hate Alexa, or at least the version in my thermostat. Alexa makes Google nests look like a Nobel laureate.
These were also reactivations, so they already had all our account info, and entirely inside Amazons walled garden.
Well, that at least mostly explains it.
But giving the ability for Alexa to activate paid services is kind of crazy to me.