In the Weeds with Dexter Johnson

Verizon raising in-store fees is as fickle as you can be and while it's understandable, it's simply another way that carriers continue to undermine and nickel and dime it's customers at any chance it gets. ||

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This is one small step! We must remember that we're dealing with a regime and FCC that wants to be as hands-off as possible. Let's hope they understand that some regulation IST bad and it protects the consumers that THEY work for, that pay THEIR salaries -- let's hope we look at this from a consumer standpoint instead of one from the view of big business. ||

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Recent reports show that humans listen to voice recordings passed to Amazon's Echo devices (Google and Apple also allow this) but not for nefarious reasons, they listen to help parse, understand and categorize recordings and understand nuance. We should be happy about this, because as we all know bias is a real thing that AI when left untethered may introduce -- in short your assistant may not recommend the proper things or may group what you say inappropriately. Read more here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18305378/amazon-alexa-ai-voice-assistant-annotation-listen-private-recordings ||

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Our current terrible FCC has fought hard to make the internet a business where companies thrive by throttling and prioritizing companies where ISPs should act as a dumb pipe and act as a service for all of us. Today, the Save the Internet Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1644/all-info) is making its round in hopes of reversal and to bring back those good old 2010 days of the FCC Open Internet Order (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_Open_Internet_Order_2010). If you don't care, you should. ||

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The government has NO IDEA how to regulate the internet and the firms that are on it, which is why we see BS proposal after BS proposal. These proposals are often short-sighted and can stifle innovation due to lawmakers intense lack of understanding about the products and services. Read about a new proposal here: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/08/uk-sets-out-safety-focused-plan-to-regulate-internet-firms/ ||

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Everyone has a smartphone, but how will creators and the like attack our pockets next? ||

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No one hates Apple TV+, in fact, it's good to see a different take on streaming; however, just because you have big names and a concept does not automatically propel your service ahead of anyone else's. ||

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Netflix has made a tremendous difference on how we watch movies, for the picture, but is the academy upset that movies that don't appear in theaters can win awards? Steven Spielberg seems to think so behind closed doors -- but he should take a step back and understand the medium, like every other, is changing and either change with it or move on. Read more here: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/02/doj-netflix-oscars/ ||

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Apple brought it big and signified that it's focus will now be on services as these are the markets that it can now capitalize on since the smartphone and tablet market have reached a high saturation point. The services introduced today have a range of start dates and a range of levels of pretentiousness. Do you see yourself subscribing to anything new? ||

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Lack of movement, differentiation and madness causes by only a few companies being viable in the technology space. It's not good, it's probably big-business and anti-consumer. ||

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