“I actually don't care… Like, we don't live in a privacy-oriented world… Here's what I don't like… I have to pay $12 a month for the privilege of buying more crap on Amazon that I don't need.”
GeekWire · October 2026
The hosts are discussing an Amazon wearable whose opt-in paid tier listens to everyday conversations and suggests products to buy. He says the privacy angle doesn't bother him; the business model does.
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is kind of brilliant. I appreciate the thought that went into this. And I'm sure the one-pager on this was awesome. The six-pager where they haven't
quite gotten down to the list. They need to truncate
that. Get it down to a one-pager. Anyway, I'm sure the six-pager was fascinating on laying this out. And most people would probably be listening to this podcast and they'd say, I agree with John. I really dislike this because of the privacy implications. That's actually not my beast. You don't care. I actually don't care. I've resigned myself to a one-point book. You're an open book. I'm kind of open book. I'm kind of resigned myself to that. Like, we don't live in a privacy-oriented world, and I understand the pros and cons to each. Here's what I don't like. All right. Here's my rant continuing. I have to pay $12 a month for the privilege of buying more crap on Amazon that I don't need. Wow. That is true. That is almost devious.
Yeah. And it's come on. There are other features. The other features
are a little more tasteful to me than the idea that I have to spend a $12 per month subscription fee that's going to listen to me to order more things for me.
It's not going to order things. It's going to promote them to you. And the other features of the paper. It's going to put it in your shopping cart pretty soon. Is that B Pro will offer you for that $12 a month unlimited conversation summaries? So kind of a freemium model that way. And the ability…
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