Sure. On paper a mesh network that is open to several devices is really cool with a ton of potential. But as you yourself know because you specifically don’t w

Sure. On paper a mesh network that is open to several devices is really cool with a ton of potential. But as you yourself know because you specifically don’t want an Amazon device with a microphone that the positives are for many outweighed by the part where it’s owned and operated by Amazon. Worse, you’re right Amazon is in the limited group that can pull this off (largely because this is explicitly opt-out instead of opt-in) but it’s also this behavior that makes the whole thing gross and unpalatable. We shouldn’t be paying for corporate spy robots in our own homes. We shouldn’t be subsidizing an Amazon-specific mesh network to make Amazon’s products work better. Even if this gets extended to third parties those third parties are going to have to play ball with Amazon to use it. There is a version of this that could benefit everyone but as it is this really only benefits Amazon and that’s a net negative for everyone in my opinion.