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You use case almost exactly mirrors my own. Even if weather, alarms, time & lights was all it ever did, it has 100% been worth the purchase price. It is genui
by Baeocystin 7y ago
You use case almost exactly mirrors my own. Even if weather, alarms, time & lights was all it ever did, it has 100% been worth the purchase price.
It is genuinely useful to have a no-hands-required timer in the kitchen, and being able to turn off the bedroom lights when I'm done reading for the night without having to reach for a switch is great.
I was even pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Alexa's Skyrim. Sure, it's really more of a joke as it is, but it made me think that some choose-your-own-adventure skills would be a lot of fun.
(Asking Alexa to play white noise to help me sleep has been nice, too.)
- spiorf 7y agoThe issue here is that a not too powerful local device could do that without recording everything you say in the cloud and keeping it forever with a label with your name on it.
- Baeocystin 7y agoI don't disagree on that point at all. Just commenting on how even if these devices aren't particularly smart, they still provide useful functionality.