Amazon pulled an Apple on the smart home
I have high hopes for smart home and IoT appliances which is still mostly terrible.<p>But Amazon seems to still believe that voice interactions are not just a feature of future smart homes,  but essential. I have never seen the need to voice control anything in my home, and I likely never will. I don’t want AI I want simple, cheap reliable and interconnectable automation hardware.<p>The first home automation tech I want is normal lightswitches everywhere and a hotel style master switch at the front door. The home automation&#x2F;smart home tech I can easily get is a speaker that can order things?<p>I think IKEA seem to be a lot closer to revolutionizing smart homes than Amazon.