- Alexa users who are Amazon Prime members are reportedly being automatically upgraded to Alexa Plus.
- Users who have been upgraded can revert to the old Alexa by saying, “Alexa, exit Alexa Plus.”
- One user claims that they were “flooded with ads” after downgrading back to Alexa.
Speaking of which, is there a good open source alternative?
To the Alexa interface?
Closest I found is home assistant voice. This is a link to the hardware but it links the software too Home Assistant Voice
Worth noting you need both the speaker part and the server part. Home assistant sells both as out of the box ready to go but you do need both parts.
It’s also worth noting it’s a Preview Edition, as in not yet consumer ready.
It works but you will find quirks, and will find things it can’t do that you’d expect it to, and things it can do that others can’t.
It’s also very customisable, if you’re a bit technical (honestly you don’t need to be that technical these days, it has come a long way).
My god. Duckduckgo “open doorbell”… uh, no, not “the best video doorbells” or “wireless open doorbell chimes”.
Fine, “foss doorbell” it is.
Foss TREND Drklokke DESIGN
U what??
Foss Europe Elektrogeräte
Foss Europe Trend Wireless Doorbell
yeah fuck you.
Alternative question: any search engine or ddg/google hack to strictly keep shopping to the feckin shopping category?!