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As a tech worker, it's stunning how many of my colleagues have smart Amazon or Apple surveillance home
I'm not being flippant but how else would or should I control my smart plugs and lights? Or set a timer with a voice command? Get my devices set up for "movie time" or control music ?
I paid for the Mycroft and that was a flop and they are now out of business.
Using an app is kind of a shitty interface for that type of thing. Even if I managed to do the rain dance to get home assistant up and running with my stuff...
Home assistant is making great strides and will get there eventually but it's probably still several years and two or three hardware revisions away from replacing Alexa for anyone that isn't a total geek about these things. They just don't have the money to produce loss leaders like Amazon can.