Do YouTubers actually use the things they promote?

Home Assistant just launched Voice, a little $59 privacy-conscious smart speaker. But will I actually use it? Do I still use the other things I talked about this year? Let's take a look at the Voice, and do a little retrospective... - Home Assistant Voice: https://home-assistant.io/voice-pe - Announcement livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgoaoTpIhm8 - Geerling Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering - Level 2 Jeff (2nd Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff - Veritasium's video on Clickbait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng - Arm NAS build: https://github.com/geerlingguy/arm-nas - Pico Micro Mac: https://jcm-1.com/product/picomicromac/ - Ubo Pod: https://www.getubo.com - LocalDeck: https://www.mylocalbytes.com/products/localdeck - Upgrading the HA Yellow to CM5: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/home-assistant-yellow-instant-2x-iot-speedup-cm5 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com Note: Nabu Casa sent me the Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition hardware that I tested in this video. They did not pay for the video, or have any input in the contents of the video. Contents: 00:00 - A bit of a different video 01:37 - Home Assistant Voice (Preview Edition) 02:43 - Will I actually use it? 03:09 - CM4 to CM5 makes local voice usable 04:35 - HA Voice Hardware Overview 05:26 - Do I still use the best things from 2024? 05:38 - Ultimate Pi 5 NAS 06:45 - Apple TV Replacement 09:10 - CM5 changes EVERYTHING 11:01 - Is Raspberry Pi the villian? 14:40 - More beginner videos? 16:22 - Looking forward 17:38 - Oh yeah, how much is Voice (Preview Edition) 18:01 - Bloopers (watch to the end...)