I set up our home with smart shades, lights, iAqua, Somfy, etc., but my family and me now just use the remotes due to frustration with Amazon Alexa.

I was always under impression that Amazon uploads all our data because I notice data transfers whenever I use voice commands, which makes me doubt their privacy claims.

It seems like Alexa was designed more to learn from us rather than to genuinely assist us. Its primary goal appears to be gathering data rather than helping users.