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Time-Button4999 t1_it7repe wrote

Reply to comment by volleydez in Mycroft AI Launches Mark II, The Next Generation of Privacy-focused, Open-Source Smart Speakers by YAOMTC

There's a huge desire in the serious home automation world (read not people who have alexa and a smart light) to move away from Google and Amazon when it comes to voice assistance. Its an outrageously difficult task, but Mycroft are a player in that game.

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volleydez t1_it7rwrq wrote

Cool! Agree that we def need somebody to do it, google kills products on a whim if they don’t make money and Amazon has its own set of problems

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hypadr1v3 t1_it7sj7f wrote

Yep! I am pretty excited for some kind of smart speaker which doesn't sell your data in a heartbeat

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marunga t1_ite4q77 wrote

Yepp.Does anyone remember Snips, another very interesting candidate bought by Sonos?

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