Comment by bnchrch

Hmm let me think back...

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Apple Homepod

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Bought it years ago since i was in the Apple ecosystem and I wanted an easy way to play music, set timers and add items to my grocery/reminder list.

I also knew state of the art in LLMs was picking up so I was willing to overlook how bad Siri is.

Flash forward to today:

- Siri is still a pile of garbage

- It only recognizes my voice despite my wife having an iPhone and being part of the household

- Sometimes doesnt save the timer

- Only recently did it get Spotify integration through my phone

- Still cant give it multiple items to add to a list at once

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Google Home

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Started strong then got progressively worse with each update until it could no longer do basic tasks like timers + reminders

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GoPro Hero

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Housing failed on my first use and they refused to honor the warranty.

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Quest 3

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Amazing device! But I wanted to use it for a virtual monitor and all the software was terribly buggy.

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Worth stating my favourite purchases in the last little while that make me happy every time I use them.

- XREAL One Pro (Amazing for a virtual display)

- Kindle

- Apple Watch (Perfect for waking me up but not my wife)

- iPad Air (Second display + drawing)

- Macbook Pro M4 14' (A portable beast)

- Moccamaster (Simple machine, great coffee)

- Toyota Tundra 2010 (Likely will run longer than I live and theres no touch screen in sight)

- Yeti mug (hot drinks all day)

- Hydroflask (cold water all day)

- Timbuk 2 Parker (Best daily use + light travel bag Ive had in awhile)