Why We May Soon Be Living in Alexa’s World
Pretty sure I should be the target market for this, and I bought one. But I don&#x27;t use it and it sits unplugged on the shelf. I&#x27;m going to sell it while the going is good.<p>It&#x27;s just so <i>pointless</i>. You have to speak to it in some weird specific way to get it to integrate with other stuff and it feels so completely invasive.<p>My wife is the other end of the scale of target market. Complete non-techie, absolute ease of use consumer. She used it as a glorified egg timer, bluetooth speaker and occasionally to play some radio (when it didn&#x27;t cut out). IT did nothing else for her and adding skills herself was a PITA step too far.<p>I&#x27;m a &#x27;millennial&#x27; (if that matters) but this just doesn&#x27;t have a place in my home. Even my kids, who loved shouting at it to play music, got bored of it and went back to selecting music on their devices.<p>Maybe I&#x27;m getting old but it just feels like Alexa and other voice assistants are just getting shoved into stuff because it is a &#x27;tech spec&#x27; and they hope that will sell their device.<p>It&#x27;s 3D all over again.