>If you've ever complained about surveillance then I don't see how you could even consider buying this.
If I was concerned about surveillance, I wouldn't consider buying anything in the future, because sadly this is going to be the future. Google's Moto X is an always listening device and being a phone I am more likely to carry it around everywhere. Like it or not, the truth is that the average Joe doesn't care about surveillance, they care about convenience and since they make up the mass majority (not us techies), a company is far more willing to trade up privacy for it. The only way to fix it would be for the government to step in and put in some regulation.
"...I wouldn't consider buying anything in the future, because..."
Did you miss it? You can just say "...because surveillance". [1] :P
I often wonder about half the things running on my phone and since removing some might make it useless I leave it be (not my domain so probably simplified a lot).
I really fail to see how listening in all the time is for convenience though. If that 'feature' was disabled the device would still be just as convenient.
If I was concerned about surveillance, I wouldn't consider buying anything in the future, because sadly this is going to be the future. Google's Moto X is an always listening device and being a phone I am more likely to carry it around everywhere. Like it or not, the truth is that the average Joe doesn't care about surveillance, they care about convenience and since they make up the mass majority (not us techies), a company is far more willing to trade up privacy for it. The only way to fix it would be for the government to step in and put in some regulation.