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Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec::In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he "absolutely" believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa

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[–] OrangeCorvus@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Good luck, I guess? Got the first Google home, at first it was great, I was asking it tons of questions. Then the questions stopped, used it for turning on the lights and other automations. Then I installed Home Assistant and the only command Google Home got was to set a timer to know when to pull things out of the oven. Eventually I stopped doing that.

At the moment all Google/Nest Homes have their mic cut off, I only use them to stream music in my house from my NAS via Plex. So yeah..

[–] B1ackmsth@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I still use mine for voice commands with home assistant. Works great.

[–] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 2 points 1 year ago

All mine to is turn lights on and off.. very occasionally they might be used to find a phone, or set a reminder, but I wouldn't miss it if that went.

I wondered if I was unusual in not using the voice features much, but according to this thread it seems I'm not.