The iRobot Takeover & Debunking the Twitter Confusion with Jag Sharma & Jason Kapadia - Episode 43
Amazon claims to be able to cover 90% of the US with its Echo and Ring devices - is this a connected utopia or a data privacy hell?
With Amazon Sidewalk on the way and the recent merger with iRobot, we’re one step closer to every house’s inner workings being detailed by our ‘Amazon overlords’, as Jag Sharma might call them…
On Disconnected, Jag considers how Jeff Bezos’ titan company is continuing its dominant path, and Jason Kapadia - resident Elon expert - takes us through the conundrum that is Twitter’s multi-coloured check marks.
This episode of Disconnected covers:
Twitter’s ‘verified’ check marks of various colours and costs
Open sourcing the Twitter algorithm to see its biases
Amazon Sidewalk’s promise to connect 90% of America
The recent Amazon purchase of iRobot, and what data Roombas might learn and use
Episode Highlights:
“Elon lives and dies by the fail fast mentality. So this might be completely rolled back in a few months, but I think it's a good trial.” - 7:25 - Jason Kapadia
“Some of the surprising things are what actually pushes down tweets. It’s good that we can see how it works, so well-intentioned users can tinker with this algorithm.” - 11:45 - Jason Kapadia
“When we bought devices like Ring doorbells and Amazon Echos, we didn’t know we’d be signing up to be a part of something bigger…” - 19:00 - Jag Sharma
“What kind of data could Amazon get from a Roomba, and how much of that information can be fed back to them?” - 25:10 - Jag Sharma
“Netflix was the alternative for your cable subscription. That would be a great way for you to ditch your digital cord as it was called. But now there's so many subscription services that it kind of just adds up to what you were paying for your cable in the first place.” - 30:40 - Jason Kapadia
Links & references:
Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/
Jag Sharma: