Facebook Portal - Smart, hands-free calling, with Alexa built in

Actually looks quite interesting, especially the smart video and smart audio. I don't see a use case that would make me buy this instead of a tablet or computer though.

Seems idyllic for remote employees as a way to give them one on one human connectivity with their coworkers. I see it more for its business applications than I do for the typical millennial/Gen Z crowd.

Sure, I'll trust Facebook to open a window into my home and keep it safe.

Facebook is still fighting with rumors that their app doesn't keep the microphone on and listen in on conversations. (Remember when people talk about something and suddenly it appears as a ad in their newsfeed?)

Without basic features like web navigation - it's really hard to recommend it vs it's competitors like the Amazon Show, or even a Chromebook.

Pros:

We move closer and closer to a future where screens are everywhere

Cons:

It's from Facebook

There is a snowball's chance in hell that I would put any hardware device from Facebook in my home let alone want one within 100 feet of me. Zuck can fuck off with this.

Hardware, the future of social networks...

FB is smart enough to know this won’t work, so I’m left what’s in it for them to lose such a chunk of change.

Pros:

possible tax write off for FB, but no pros for the consumer

Cons:

Plenty. Including the world not needing another screen, Especially a mono-functional one

I cannot trust facebook

Pros:

There are no pros to this

Cons:

Facebook misuses my personal information

What can possibly go wrong? Why would you need hardware camera block? Unless security...

Pros:

Useful for keeping families connected

Cons:

Do we really need a dedicated hardware for that?

Another privacy debacle in waiting

Pros:

Any?

Cons:

Facebook in our living rooms or kitchens? No war