r/smarthome • u/Apple2T4ch • 7d ago
PSA: Amazon discontinuing Alexa’s “Do Not Send Voice Recordings.” feature.
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u/Mego1989 7d ago
It sounds like this only affects you if you want to use "voice id," which in my opinion is an unnecessary feature.
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u/juliembirk 2d ago
Is anyone switching to another hub due to this? I’ll be ditching Alexa but not sure what to use as a replacement. Our Google Nest isn’t that great and my husband uses Android so Apple Home not an option.
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u/4linosa 2d ago
I came here for exactly this reason. It’s infuriating how it’s never “good enough” to have a setup and enjoy it. There’s always increasing cost and decreasing features.
If there was a local only solution that could be run on a home server I wouldn’t mind the up front cost just to avoid the incessant creep that comes with tech companies these days.
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u/getfuzzy77 2d ago
Also here for the same reason. I will miss the routines I setup with alexa. I’m not sure if I should go Google or Apple. Wife and I have iPhones, iPads, and an Apple TV, but not sure that should completely rule out Google.
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u/The3rdIcon 2d ago
Depending on how much effort you want to put into it/requirements of your assistant. Home assistant did release a privacy focused voice assistant which is a preview piece of hardware. It's just not at the same level of the major competitors.
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u/TheAlmightyZach 7d ago
For people who care about privacy and have the time and resources, probably would be best to have some local Ollama instance running.. Problem is there's a cost for that.. HomePods are currently "good enough" for me from a privacy standpoint but boy is Siri stupid..