Apple’s HomePod: Paying $350 for a speaker that says “no” this much is tough
Once upon a time, there was something called a &quot;personal computer&quot;, which executed any program chosen by the person who paid for the device.<p>There is no technical reason why an Apple speaker could not be connected to Alexa, Google or private&#x2F;niche speech recognition, when desired by the person who paid for the speaker.<p>This is a $350 device which runs only one app.  Why?