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24 alternatives to Too Embarrassed to Ask - Dan Seifert, Senior Editor, The Verge

Alexa, Is Jeff Bezos Spying on Me?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Too Embarrassed to Ask - Dan Seifert, Senior Editor, The Verge launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Too Embarrassed To Ask - Walt Mossberg, The Verge▲67
Is Apple out of ideas?
2016 · rss.art19.com · its alternatives →
2
Bytes - "Hey Siri, what's the Amazon Echo?"▲58
Chatting AI in the home, FB at work & Snap IPO
2016 · media.fireside.fm · its alternatives →
3
ExponentFM - 081: We Have Always Been at War with Amazon▲67
Why Alexa is an even bigger deal than it seems
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Recode Replay: Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon (Code Conference 2016)▲91
The "gigantic" potential of artificial intelligence
2016 · recode.net · its alternatives →
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Too Embarrassed to Ask - Algorithm Nation▲56
Smart feed on TWTR & FB + DJ Khaled inspiring Justin Khan
2016 · rss.art19.com · its alternatives →
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Alexa, Hire Me Some Smart Home Folks▲52
Amazon has plans for smart home world domination
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
7
Re/code Decode - Shyp CEO, Kevin Gibbon▲128
This podcast is the Uber for “Why?”
2016 · rss.art19.com · its alternatives →
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The Everything Store▲66
Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Jeff Bezos's Report Card▲69
Jeff Bezos has been misbehaving, view his report card
2021 · its alternatives →
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Re/code Decode — Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti▲81
And Apple Announcements and Digital Payments
2015 · recode.net · its alternatives →
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Oversaid▲72
Keeping track of who said what in tech
2019 · oversaid.com · its alternatives →
12
Talking With Alexa - Presidential Elections▲53
A podcast co-hosted by Amazon's Alexa
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Alexa, WTF just happened?▲161
An Amazon Alexa skill for What The F**k Just Happened Today.
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Overlead▲146
Here's the problem: I launched two products. I wrote blog posts. I posted on X, built in public. I tried running ads. And you know what actually got me customers? Replying to someone on Reddit who asked, "What's the best tool for this?" One reply. Three signups. I felt like an idiot for not doing it sooner. But here's the issue: I don't have time to refresh Reddit all day looking for these posts. I have products to build. Bugs to fix. Emails to answer. Life to live. So I built Overlead to do the searching for me. Overlead scans Reddit, Quora, and Hacker News (and many more to come) for…
Feb 2026 · overlead.co · its alternatives →
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Insiderr▲93
Tailor made anonymous business feed
2015 · getynet.com · its alternatives →
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Re/code Decode - Marc Lore, Jet.com CEO▲98
Kara speaks w/ Marc about their ambitious Amazon competitor
2015 · recode.net · its alternatives →
17
NPR One for Alexa▲81
News + personalized flow of thoughtfully curated stories
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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#AmazonCart▲109
Amazon + Twitter - Add it now. Buy it later.
2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Hello Tech Pros: Announcing the IMDB of Podcasting▲54
Matthew Rehm from PodXRef on Entrepreneurship
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
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nerdwallet▲106
Quora for Finance
2014 · nerdwallet.com · its alternatives →
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Re/code Decode - Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp CEO▲91
Virtual reality and why Google has 'lost its mind'
2015 · serve.castfire.com · its alternatives →
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The Everything Store▲81
Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Exponent – Episode 070 — Is That an Echo?▲83
Ben and James discuss the Amazon Echo.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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The Real Illuminati▲90
Get introed to someone awesome
2014 · its alternatives →

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