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"Speaking to an Amazon Echo-like device while sitting on my couch makes a lot more sense than using a web browser. Will we ever be able to do that without going
by Finnucane 10y ago
"Speaking to an Amazon Echo-like device while sitting on my couch makes a lot more sense than using a web browser. Will we ever be able to do that without going through somebody’s proprietary silo like Amazon’s or Apple’s?"
Depends. Since the whole point of these systems seems to be precisely to filter your needs through those silos, so they can feed you 'content' and stuff, there'd have to be some compelling use case for an open-source alternative.
- Kaizyn 10y agoThere is a compelling use-case. The voice-controlled home. Think like the ST:TNG AI and how it helps people do things.
- Finnucane 10y agoI, for one, have no desire for a voice-controlled home. What would be the advantage to me? It would just become another thing that needs maintenance and replacement. How often do you need to fix a light switch in your house? It's rare; it's a reliable piece of equipment. I've lived in houses with pre-WWII push-button switches that remained in service because they just keep working. Why would I replace that with something that needs firmware updates, security patches, and then eventual replacement when the manufacturer decides it's not going to provide support any more? Or, if it's open source, just becomes another abandoned project?