I haven't tried, but from what I've gathered you can either run it yourself on eg a raspberry pie or use their infrastructure instead if you don't want the hass

I haven't tried, but from what I've gathered you can either run it yourself on eg a raspberry pie or use their infrastructure instead if you don't want the hassle and expense. I have the same concerns. Here's another project btw, which seems less commercial: https://jasperproject.github.io/ https://jasperproject.github.io/