I got a Google Home as a raffle prize and didn’t see the point. But my house was built in the 70s and has almost 0 ceiling lights in the room. So I started buy

I got a Google Home as a raffle prize and didn’t see the point. But my house was built in the 70s and has almost 0 ceiling lights in the room. So I started buying smart outlets for the lamps so I could just turn the room off by yelling at it. My wife switched us to Alexa because she had an app that would let her do her billing through voice (start working on John Doe’s case, stop). I’ve expanded the lights through the house, I use routines to do stuff like turn off my bedroom light, turn on the fan, and turn on a “rain on a tent” sleep noise thing. We use it as an intercom for the kids and to make announcements like “dinner time.” I got an Amazon TV on prime day because it was cheap. It’s kinda handy to be able to yell at the TV when the kids lose the remote. Not super useful. We all use the things to listen to music. I have mine paired with nice speakers in my office. I gave up on being spied on. Everything I own is feeding back to Google, Amazon, and Apple. Probably China too with my cheap outlets. I stick smart devices on a separate 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network that also can’t route to my main one, but that’s just to keep inevitable compromises contained and not fill my network with a bunch of chattering nonsense. I wish Alexa would let me name it whatever I want vs the choose 1 of 3 names. There are more satisfying names to yell.