I used to have Google Home which I used only for music. That was about six years ago, and I don’t use it now, don’t know where the device is, it’s not plugged in.
I don’t use Alexa or anything like that now. Sometimes I’m tempted, just to have it for music, because I thought that was fun and convenient “OK Google, play some Motown” and stuff like that. I get the appeal, and I have friends who use those devices and I can see how it can be something one might become dependent on. I feel if I don’t have it, I won’t get addicted to having it. I also don’t like that they listen to you and who knows what and where that information may end up (no different than the cell phone with Messenger, which listens, but that’s enough).
I don’t use FaceTime (don’t have an Apple phone), don’t use zoom except on rare occasions for lectures and groups, and don’t have a Kindle, as of yet. I have some apps on the phone, like Waze and Shazam, but that’s about it. I don’t have apps for every restaurant and fast food place that I go to, even though friends tell me if I download the apps, I’ll get offers for free food. If I have offers for deals on food, I’m going to get the food, which I don’t need.