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Alexa and Google... It's Inevitable
Description
Both Amazon Alexa and Google Home face significant challenges ahead as more cloud services fail. This has already happened with multiple services, and as the profitability of cloud-based smart home products diminishes, this issue will only increase over the next decade. Here's why: smart home manufacturers only make money from the initial sale of the device. From there, they are spending money to maintain and keep those cloud services running for you. As these services grow, the ongoing costs to maintain them will inevitably surpass the profits, making it unsustainable for any company to continue supporting them long-term.
The truth is, no cloud-based smart home products are entirely safe—unless they also offer a local option.