Why not do it yourself over the LAN? Seriously, I dont see any point in having home data get sent to some scummy third party. I have a few of these "smart" dev

Why not do it yourself over the LAN? Seriously, I dont see any point in having home data get sent to some scummy third party. I have a few of these "smart" devices in my home, and they are assigned to an IP block that has absolutely no internet access. They have to be controlled internally, and are not allowed to phone home. One of my next projects will be an open-source Alexa-like that runs completely in the LAN (unless you specifically ask for things like the weather).