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> I recently moved into a new home. But before I can get settled, I have to install a tech monopoly. Is it an Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri home? The author

• noir_lord 5y ago
  > The author forgot his last option: not installing any of this garbage in his home That's me, the funny part is as a programmer people ask me for my recommendation on this stuff, my answer of "wouldn't install any of that crap in my house in a million years" confuses them usually.
  • cwdegidio 5y ago
    Lol, I know the feeling. My entire family looks at me as the "tech guy" because I'm a developer. Recently talking with my mother, she asked if I saw something on her FB and I reminded her that I refuse to use FB due to their data harvesting. It blows her mind that something so common and "techie" (to her at least) is so despised by me.
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• Arrath 5y ago
  Or the alternative I want to try whenever I actually find some spare time: tinker around and roll my own.