> somehow this really discouraged me from looking deeper into it. I was also discouraged by that remark. But I've never had (or even used) Alexa or Siri or wha

> somehow this really discouraged me from looking deeper into it. I was also discouraged by that remark. But I've never had (or even used) Alexa or Siri or whatever; they're a cool idea, but I'm not prepared to rely on either of those sevice providers. So I'm interested.