It took me a week to get rid of Alexa, the Echo devices and my old smart home setup. Siri turns on the lights for me now and I managed to buy everything I needed without resorting to shopping on Amazon.
I gave away the Echo devices on my local Buy Nothing group and thus deprived Amazon of the sale of four new devices.
I usually write about something about how my parents and grandparents dealt with similar things. This is too specifically modern for them to have experienced it. I believe my maternal grandfather would have loved it. He liked to tinker in his workshop and had built his first wireless (radio, in other words). My mother would have used home automation if someone else set it up for her. In her last years, she used a wheelchair and would have found this very efficient. I don’t know what my other forebears would have thought of it. I do know that some would have recognized this filament-type Edison’ bulb. ‘
Tales from the jolly bungalow 
I’m not sure if I want to smart-house my home. But I’m a Mac so if I wanted to what is the setup? You mentioned a Home Pod and Hue Bridge, where can I find more information about this? I hope it does what you want. I’m deciding just how to divorce Amazon, but I’m in a Kindle Unlimited rabbit hole right now and don’t want to go to rehab for this addiction just yet.
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It makes sense for me since I live in all 3 floors of the house. Just having the stairway lights on voice control saves juggling a lot of things. Read up on Apple Home and the Home pod to get an idea what they can do.
You only need to use a Hue bridge if you are using lights from Phillips Hue. There are some very reasonable lights from Nano Leaf that only require the Home Pod. I have a HomePod Mini because I didn’t need the larger speaker. If you have an Apple TV you can use that in place of the Home POD.
I think I might keep on with Kindle Unlimited. It gives good exposure to emerging authors, and that’s a good thing. I am working hard to buy locally, but that means driving 30-45 minutes to the shops. It’s worth it.
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