Reuters said the phone is codenamed Transformer
AI integration is a “key focus” of Transformer, per Reuters’ sources, who said that Amazon wants the phone to drive usage of Amazon’s AI products
It’s unclear why Amazon thinks now is a good time to get back into phones. Even potentially low prices may not be enough to convince people to buy.
You ARE looking forward to this, right?
No app store, have to rely on Alexa, who is definitely collecting and storing your personal data to do things by telling it everything, and a year ago they changed their terms so you can’t opt out of your Alexa recordings being automatically sent to Amazon… every day billionaires are closer and closer to successfully turning our phones into telescreens.
And I bet the phone is gonna be full of ads and product placement too, if it happens. I know before I finally ditched my Alexa over a year ago it was trying to suggest shit for me to buy I didn’t need.
“Alexa phone, call the doctor, I’m sick I need an ap—”
“You sure? This pack of cold medicine on Amazon has 5 star reviews, and is much cheaper than your doctor visit! Would you like me to add it to your cart for same-day delivery?”
Like. That’s maybe a little more time down the line in dystopian hypotheticals, but the vague implications behind the AI doing everything so you don’t have to gives up so much free will, and I’m just saying… it’s a power grab disguised as efficiency. Ugh.
“Alexa call an ambulance!”
Ordered an amber lance, Prime delivery in eight hoursNo one’s asked for this
It has not yet been officially reported that I’m developing plans to purchase a Motorola device with Graphene on it. This project has been codenamed “Fuck Google”.
A key focus of this effort is the synergy around a phone without corporate AI, without Google control, and readily available by preinstallation on the device. Research shows this “preinstalled” approach scores highly in the WAF scoring index.
Fire Phone 2
The only people that are asking for this bought the fire phone
Didn’t they fail at phones once already
Time to f-AI-l
And I’m currently developing a plan to not buy it.
Cant wait to hear how much of your personal data it steals
What do you mean by ‘steals’ or ‘personal’? People who buy this are willingly giving everything to Amazon by buying this.
All of it.
Spend your time somewhere else. The answer is: yes
Don’t forget they gimped all their FireTV devices lately, you would have to be mad to buy an Amazon phone.
Wait, what did they do? Did I miss more bullshit?
Amazon apparently has decided it has way too much capital on its hands, so it wants to pile it up a ton of cash out in the backyard, douse it with gasoline, and then smirk like a little imp as it strikes a match.
More power to 'em, I guess?
nothing but ewaste that we will end up paying for. can these companies honestly just… fuck off already. nothing but cancer.
