Alexa, Unlock the Internet — 500ish Words — Medium
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Saved with the link. Notes from 2007 to 2016 are mostly the page's own words, so this is probably an excerpt.
In fact, I think Echo makes it very clear that Apple (and to a lesser extent, Google) dropped a ball here. This is exactly how Siri should exist in your home. And this is what that orb thing Google made a few years back should have been.