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The article reads a little alarmist honestly. They have created a low bandwidth mesh network for mostly IOT devices. I don’t get how this is suddenly compared with sharing internet. The later of which, Comcast actually did and does.
What will happen is some high profile company that has a few Amazon devices on their network will have these devices exploited to gain network access and get hit with some ransomware/data theft/etc... and then there will be a big legal battle between Amazon and the hacked company and this whole idea will be shut down and consumers will get a $10 class action settlement for each device.
But the setting will still be available, right?
94.9% pure, organic, outrage, clickbait FUD. This feels like an "you're either with us or you're against us, Amazon B A D"-article. The central thesis is misleading and wrong because it's NOT "unlimited, direct sharing of your WiFi to whatever Amazon users happen to fall and scrape their knees outside your home because they can't skateboard," it's "likely low-rate connectivity for other Amazon users' devices over Blu…
What's the problem, other than the major problem?
The article reads a little alarmist honestly. They have created a low bandwidth mesh network for mostly IOT devices. I don’t get how this is suddenly compared with sharing internet. The later of which, Comcast actually did and does.
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Maybe not? Most consumer arbitration agreements these days ban asserting class claims. This has been on the rise since 2011: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Mobility_LLC_v._Concepc... . In my opinion, this legal change is a huge sleeper story that is behind a number of changes in how customers are getting treated. Since customers can no longer economically avail themselves of the courts to protect themselves en-…
Is that really enforceable? Maybe. I suspect that customers are better off not going through class claims anyway, as few of them actually yield amounts close to the harm done, and lawyers walk away with absurd amounts. "Collective" is merely a tool for not clogging courtrooms; there really isn't any other benefit to consumers here.
I don't own any of these devices, but if I want to have the option to buy one later but not have it be a sidewalk bridge, I guess I have to download the Alexa app and... oh in order to opt out, I have to log in to the Alexa app with my Amazon account, and in order to log in, I have to agree to:
- Alexa Terms of Use
- Amazon Conditions of Use
- Amazon Privacy Notice
- Children's Privacy Disclosure
- Amazon Prime Terms
- Amazon Music Terms of Use
- Kindle Store Terms of Use
- Audible Service Conditions of Use
- Amazon Dash Replenishment Terms of Use
- Amazon Kids+ Terms & Conditions (F/K/A FreeTime Unlimited)
- Amazon PHotos Terms of Use
- Amazon Device Terms of Use
- IMDb Legal Information
- Amazon Video Terms of Use
... I'll just commit today to never buying any of those sidewalk devices in the future.
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Maybe not? Most consumer arbitration agreements these days ban asserting class claims. This has been on the rise since 2011: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Mobility_LLC_v._Concepc... . In my opinion, this legal change is a huge sleeper story that is behind a number of changes in how customers are getting treated. Since customers can no longer economically avail themselves of the courts to protect themselves en-…
Another story on the front page right now[0] from the WSJ[1] seems to imply that arbitration clauses fall apart when faced with a mountain of arbitration demands (75k+). Amazon is now seeking to remove its own arbitration clause for customers so that these can be consolidated into a class action lawsuit. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27356550 [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-faced-75-000-arbitration…
Doordash then tried to get a judge to make it a class action. The judge felt that this Doordash was in this mess due to their own hypocrisy and declined their request.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/12/21135474/doordash-workers...
[2] https://www.courthousenews.com/doordash-ordered-to-pay-12m-t...
Article doesn't mention it, but this is how you opt-out (there are others but this one has screenshots). https://www.tomsguide.com/reference/what-is-amazon-sidewalk Added to my list for the next time I'm on the phone with my parents, for our (weekly at this point) how-to sessions on "stopping the industry I work in from spying on you". I really, really wish product managers would understand the kind of ecosystem they…
It's the same thing Apple is doing. They want every device to be a part of a low-power BLE network for Apple AirTags or Amazon Echo Tiles or whatever they are. They want a huge network so that these small low power devices can use everyones devices to connect to the internet. For what it's worth, the only way to Opt-Out from Apple's broad network like this is to disable all "Find My" network tracking, so you'll never…
With cheap flash, we could do a lot of high-latency high-bandwidth data transport with just existing movements.
We could eliminate telecoms overnight but we just don’t have the organization to do it. Like, every house used to have a VHF/UHF receiving tower on it.
94.9% pure, organic, outrage, clickbait FUD. This feels like an "you're either with us or you're against us, Amazon B A D"-article. The central thesis is misleading and wrong because it's NOT "unlimited, direct sharing of your WiFi to whatever Amazon users happen to fall and scrape their knees outside your home because they can't skateboard," it's "likely low-rate connectivity for other Amazon users' devices over Blu…