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I would use it if it was self hosted and separate from big tech, but using these services when big tech is watching, huge no.
When an individual builds something on the web, it's for the pleasure of building and seeing it being used by people.
When a corporation builds something, it's to exploit the user, lock them in, spy on them etc.
This is why Lemmy is such a breath of fresh air, in this web where corporations control all the big sites.
They literally all exist because of big tech. There's no point of a virtual assistant existing except to gather data.
Siri is one of the most-used virtual assistants and its purpose is not to gather data. It's a value-added service meant to sell more Apple hardware.
And yelling at Alexa to start laundry alarms, which tbh I'm on the fence of plugging her back in for (unless anyone's got any better recomendations)