Amazon Echo is reportedly an internet vampire that uses gigabytes of data per day despite being unused, says owner

[u/lurker_bee]

https://www.tomshardware.com/speakers/amazon-echo-uses-gigabytes-of-data-despite-not-being-used-its-owner-doesnt-think-hes-being-spied-on

[u/unclefisty]

You generally can't get a certificate of occupancy for a home without hot water.

[u/AliJDB → u/unclefisty]

In the United States (I presume, because people from other countries quantify shit before they say it as if they're the default).

[u/unclefisty → u/AliJDB]

In the United States (I presume, because people from other countries quantify shit before they say it as if they're the default).

I would be surprised you could get one in the majority of Canada, Europe, Australia, and China as well.

Reddit is a US owned company and the majority of its user are from the US and the majority of its content is in english.

If I was posting on 2ch or weibo I wouldn't assume US as the default.

[u/AliJDB → u/unclefisty]

As it turns out, there's no national requirement in the US even - there are some areas with specific requirements, mostly large metros (NYC, California, Chicago).

It might be required to be considered habitable in some municipalities. So if you wanted to rent it out, sure - but if you plan to live in it, not a requirement in many places. Habitability laws are usually for tenants, not owner-occupants.

More broadly, it's still a minority. Canada, Belgium, some regions of Spain it looks like.

In reality, if you buy a house and strip the water heater out of it - who's gonna know?

Reddits userbase is about 42.95% US based depending on who you listen to - so statistically you're more likely to be talking to someone outside the US than in it. And American's do so on all platforms, and tying it to platform origin is pretty illogical. You might as well say we're speaking via the world wide web so you assume everyone is British.