Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees

Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by jnsie on Monday November 14, 2022 @12:11PM (#33597287)

> at this point no one in my technical circle has proprietary "smart" home automation devices anymore

What are they using now, if you don't mind me asking?

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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by pkulak on Monday November 14, 2022 @12:14PM (#33597340)

Home Assistant almost goes without saying at this point.

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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by maccard on Monday November 14, 2022 @12:18PM (#33597417)

Does it? I walk in tech circles, and actively work for a startup, and I don't think a single person in my circle of friends/coworkers has a Home Assistant setup, and _most_ have either an Alexa or a Google Assistant of some form.

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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by pkulak on Monday November 14, 2022 @01:13PM (#33598344)

Sure, but you didn't tell me that "no one in my technical circle has proprietary "smart" home automation devices". ;)

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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by hdjjhhvvhga on Monday November 14, 2022 @12:28PM (#33597583)

Home Assistant for home automation, Mycroft for voice control.

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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by dehrmann on Monday November 14, 2022 @12:19PM (#33597426)

Probably nothing.

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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by losteric on Monday November 14, 2022 @10:49PM (#33605046)

As others said - nothing (my preference), Mycroft, or Apple's Home Assistant (yes, propietary)

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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by jnsie on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @12:11AM (#33605553)

Thanks. I do however think that people are referring to home-assistant.io, not Apple Home Assistant.

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