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How can I not waste an Alexa without feeding Amazon?

How can I not waste an Alexa without feeding Amazon? - SLRPNK

A friend was dumping stuff prior to a move. I took all his electro gadgets just to prevent it becoming e-waste. In the pile of stuff is an Amazon Alexa. Fuck #Amazon. I boycott Amazon and also have principled objections to their snooping, business practices, etc. My choices seem to be: * trash the Alexa * donate the Alexa to charity These are both lousy choices. Donating it as-is would ultimately put it in someone’s house which then feeds Amazon. Is there another option? I did a quick search and see no FOSS to replace whatever garbage Amazon has on it. It could be attached to the LAN with an egress firewall that blocks cloud access, but I suppose then it is useless, correct?

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Natanael Mar 22

Which model?

androidauthority.com/echo-show-5-jailbreak-lineag…

I installed Android on an Echo Show, and it gave my smart display a new life

Select Echo Show models can now be jailbroken, allowing you to ditch Fire OS for Android and install any app under the sun.

Android Authority

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activistPnk Mar 22

I don’t have it in front of me but it’s the cylindrical fabric speaker that looks like this:

cravingtech.com/best-alexa-smart-speaker-for-the-…

That will be nice if I can put Android OS on it, which is at least more liberated than FireOS. Though I have to wonder how useful a headless Android could be… if I could get a remote display on my PC that would be cool.

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Natanael

Theoretically possible

github.com/Dragon863/EchoCLI/issues/15