Screw that alexa stuff. I don't need any google powered crap at my place. Those bastards are intrusive enough as it is. You can't avoid them (at this point) cause they're so deeply ingrained with all of the sheep, but I try anyway. One day, people are finally gonna figure out that google is the evil of the world. They're not here to help us. They have their own agenda.
Oh, and the automation running at my place is all hard-wired stuff (not counting IR for the TV/stereo/Blu-ray). I did the programming for it all through the central controller that has web access, but that I keep buried deep behind a DOD type security barrier. So no Alexa $hit breaking into it.