Agreed, these requests tend to be complex (many variables) and APIs are somewhat restricted. But big tech companies should be able to work towards a common API/ecosystem with these players - I would be a user from day one.
That’s already what’s going on when Alexa/Siri offer standardized SDKs for app publishers to plug their API into the assistants. The problem is kind of chicken and egg however where many companies don’t want to bother creating these connections, thus these assistants are pretty useless, and people don’t use them much.
This however may just be a matter of time until the incentives align and all of this becomes possible. Eventually, it is my conviction that the web will be conversational first - and typing/clicking will be a secondary mode of action for more advanced queries.
the problem is regular people don't want to program aka use zapier, and just want things done for them, and programmers aren't willing to pay for things.
It's different for work, because the company pays for zapier, and people get paid to do work aka use zapier.
This however may just be a matter of time until the incentives align and all of this becomes possible. Eventually, it is my conviction that the web will be conversational first - and typing/clicking will be a secondary mode of action for more advanced queries.