> My worry is that these personal assistants will all be provided "free" by giant companies and hosted in the cloud so I won't want to use them. My worry is bu

> My worry is that these personal assistants will all be provided "free" by giant companies and hosted in the cloud so I won't want to use them. My worry is built on your worry; I worry that people won't even think of using their self control to say no to this, but will wait breathless for some third party to save them from their own bad decisions.