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IMO that's not the case at all. Our family uses it 90% to listen to music on Spotify and 10% to get morning news. We don't consume any Amazon services with it.

IMO that's not the case at all. Our family uses it 90% to listen to music on Spotify and 10% to get morning news. We don't consume any Amazon services with it. Pretty soon the entire house will be automated with it: lights, thermostat, sprinklers, fireplace and fans. "Alexa, turn on all the lights." It's a new interface device. We can finally, easily, use our voice to accomplish tasks-- anywhere in our house. Before, with phones, it was clumsy and required pulling out the phone.

unclebucknasty 9y ago
>We don't consume any Amazon services with it Give it time! Seriously, in addition to the ease with which you can also use your voice to buy on Amazon, Amazon will surely launch other services based on user behavior. In fact, they may even acquire popular services you currently use. And, of course, it's compiling data on you. It's a useful trojan horse, but a trojan horse nonetheless. Of course, if it wasn't useful it wouldn't succeed as a trojan horse. So, not saying it's evil. But, it's amazing that they are able to get people to pay for something from which they will ultimately collect many times the value.