alt Hacker News"Your device of choice" is not a solution. Your device of choice is still "spying on you" per the definitions provided here.
They have microphones and listen to conversations while transcribing the words to listen for "wake words". THey are in fact always awake, and transcribing the words they hear.
They all send telemetry and usage data and they all scan for devices in your home and SSIDs.
The only difference is that you think you can trust these devices vs the TVs which use ACR.
I dont see much of a difference here.
AppleTVs do not use ACR. They also allow you to turn off Siri, location tracking, analytics data, voice input data, etc.
so, no they are not in fact all sending telemetry and usage data