**Emanuele** @emanuele@m.divita.eu · Jul 25, 2020, 08:06

**Emanuele** @emanuele@m.divita.eu · Jul 25, 2020, 08:06

Emanuele @emanuele@m.divita.eu

During a 12-month experiment, a team of academics tried to publish bad #Alexa skills on the #Amazon Alexa store

Bad news:
-they tried 234 skills (Alexa apps)
-they published all 234 skills
-193 on the first try

Stop using this kind of devices for your #HomeAutomation. Out there you can find cheaper and opensource alternatives.

**Patrick** @pk@librem.one · 2020-10-12T12:50:42Z

Patrick @pk@librem.one

@emanuele what are some of the alternatives? Looking to add something like this to my home. But don’t want to support big data.

**Emanuele** @emanuele@m.divita.eu · Oct 12, 2020, 12:52

**Emanuele** @emanuele@m.divita.eu · Oct 12, 2020, 12:52

Emanuele @emanuele@m.divita.eu

@pk my best option is #HomeAssistant home-assistant.io (I use it and it's pretty stable and versatile).

**Patrick** @pk@librem.one · Oct 14, 2020, 01:30

**Patrick** @pk@librem.one · Oct 14, 2020, 01:30

Patrick @pk@librem.one

@emanuele what voice AI do you use with it??

**Emanuele** @emanuele@m.divita.eu · Oct 14, 2020, 13:55

**Emanuele** @emanuele@m.divita.eu · Oct 14, 2020, 13:55

Emanuele @emanuele@m.divita.eu

@pk I am actually integrating HomeAssistant with Siri (which is not perfect but better thant Alexa/Google to preserve user's privacy) but you could have a look at https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2019/11/20/privacy-focused-voice-assistant/ (never tried for lack of time but will try sooner or later).