We don’t have Alexa, buy non-smart devices if we can, and totally disable the “smart” part if there are no mundane alternatives and we have to get the smart version.
We don’t begrudge others theirs, and in fact one of Andy’s coworkers has a parrot (African Gray) who has learned to mimic the co-worker’s voice enough to fool her Alexa. And my sister and brother-in-law have Star Wars-ified theirs.
We don’t have Alexa, buy non-smart devices if we can, and totally disable the “smart” part if there are no mundane alternatives and we have to get the smart version.
We don’t begrudge others theirs, and in fact one of Andy’s coworkers has a parrot (African Gray) who has learned to mimic the co-worker’s voice enough to fool her Alexa. And my sister and brother-in-law have Star Wars-ified theirs.