• deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    Why in the world are people paying for this? You can get displays like this for digital photos that don’t even require an internet connection, much less a subscription. Is this how far people have gone in their unwillingness to learn to use technology that isn’t some cloud/app based bullshit? Just put some pictures on an sd card and be done with it.

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      26 days ago

      Great suggestion, but then when I want to send new photos to Grandma I have to drive all the way across the country to pop in a new SD card because last time we tried letting her do it she jammed the card in backwards and broke the card and reader.

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      26 days ago

      It’s quite convenient, at least on the Google home. I could just share an album with my mom and MIL, set up the album to automatically populate with pictures we take of our kids and they get to see the latest pictures we’ve taken right away without ever having to touch the device or really do anything other than take the picture.

      It worked really well when my MIL lived in a different state. They got to share in the memories that were happening 1000 miles away in almost real time without having to beg for pictures every day.

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    27 days ago

    doesn’t most of amazon’s revenue come from AWS? why do they even keep trying with these stupid home surveillance/advertisement gadgets that no one asked for?

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    27 days ago

    Oof we have thousands of these at my work. I would happily light them on fire but for the whole needing a job thing and staying out of jail thing