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    Microsoft drops Cortana Android \ iOS

    Discussion in 'Smartphones and Tablets' started by 6730b, Mar 31, 2021.

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    6730b, Mar 31, 2021
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    Yup, those nitwits had it for Android. It used to be that installing Outlook for Android would nag the crap out of you to install Cortana and I think Google threatened to remove it from the Google Play store if the Redmond Reprobates didn't knock it off with that foolish feces.
    May the digi-slut find no rest; only an eternity of torment in the fires of digital hades.
     
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    I don't even use Siri on my iphone or Cortana on my desktop. Why would I even want to install this garbage?
     
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    I am not sure that anyone has a good answer for that one, LOL. Alexa is equally stupid/worthless. I think maybe this kind of silly crap might be popular among the very old and/or extremely deficient tech un-savvy people that like to feel as if they are doing something that is super high tech.
     
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    Agreed, I don't use Alexa either. I also don't keep any monitoring capable devices hooked up on my wifi. As soon as I receive any products that tell me I need to be connected to use it without a sound argument, it promptly goes back or is not purchased at all.
     
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    "Microsoft drops Cortana Android \ iOS"
    If a tree fell in the forest...
     
    Primes, Apr 3, 2021
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    LOL, right? As if it never happened.
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    But, it's understandable that both of the kids that liked it are upset.
     
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    No where to go when the GA is so much better. I do use the assistant frequently although not with voice activation.
     
    krabman, Apr 5, 2021
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