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Amazon is forcibly upgrading Prime members to Alexa Plus, and users are not happy (www.androidauthority.com)
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  • Alexa users who are Amazon Prime members are reportedly being automatically upgraded to Alexa Plus.
  • Users who have been upgraded can revert to the old Alexa by saying, “Alexa, exit Alexa Plus.”
  • One user claims that they were “flooded with ads” after downgrading back to Alexa.
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[–] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Speaking of which, is there a good open source alternative?

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    To the Alexa interface?

    Closest I found is home assistant voice. This is a link to the hardware but it links the software too Home Assistant Voice

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Worth noting you need both the speaker part and the server part. Home assistant sells both as out of the box ready to go but you do need both parts.

    It's also worth noting it's a Preview Edition, as in not yet consumer ready.

    It works but you will find quirks, and will find things it can't do that you'd expect it to, and things it can do that others can't.

    It's also very customisable, if you're a bit technical (honestly you don't need to be that technical these days, it has come a long way).

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  • [+] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Do you need the doorbell hardware itself to be open source? Or just compatible with self hosted open source software?

    If just the latter take a look at Reolink products. You can block their internet access and they still work great locally with Home Assistant and whatever NVR you want. DoorBird and a few others have HA support as well.

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