One thing I don&#x27;t like about Echo, IFTT, and others like them is the fact that everything has to go through &quot;the cloud.&quot; If I&#x27;m sitting at home and want to dim my lights, why do I need to send my voice to Amazon&#x27;s server, have it call out to IFTT, which calls back into my home? Especially since I have a data cap. All of that can easily just go through a locally-installed system and you don&#x27;t need expensive hardware to do it.