I used to use google assistant on my phone, back when it first became a thing. These voice assistants are sparkling novelties and nothing more. Since cell phon

I used to use google assistant on my phone, back when it first became a thing. These voice assistants are sparkling novelties and nothing more. Since cell phones and ramping up with smartphones, people have this weird hype based relationship with technology. It permeates everything. Screens everywhere, capacitive touch everything, wireless where it isn't necessary, it's all novelties that don't actually improve anyone's life. And the voice assistant is probably the biggest example. And that's what these products are supposed to be, pretty on a shelf, playful in the commercial, a spunky young woman smiling while making breakfast for the kids or going on a jog, all to get you to buy them, not to get you to use them. As long as they're plugged in in your house tracking everything you do they're generating revenue. When you step back from the hype, what you really are doing is inviting a spy into your home in exchange for an overpriced and overengineered egg timer.