@jeffw to TechnologyEnglish • 6 months agoAmazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-upsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square60arrow-up1564arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]news
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoI’m so confused how these devices ended up subscribing you to these services without further validation. I use mainly Google products and I don’t think I can even subscribe to audible if I tried, by voice alone. Were these Amazon devices or something? I’m really confused.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-26 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•6 months agoWell, that at least mostly explains it. But giving the ability for Alexa to activate paid services is kind of crazy to me.
I’m so confused how these devices ended up subscribing you to these services without further validation.
I use mainly Google products and I don’t think I can even subscribe to audible if I tried, by voice alone.
Were these Amazon devices or something? I’m really confused.
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.