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I have an Echo and a Homepod and I rarely use the Echo anymore because of their "by the way, did you know..." responses. They know there are a lot of users who
by criddell 4y ago
I have an Echo and a Homepod and I rarely use the Echo anymore because of their "by the way, did you know..." responses. They know there are a lot of users who want to disable that but unfortunately their goals aren't aligned with their users' goals.
- nickm12 4y agoYou can say "Alexa, stop by the way" and it will disable it for a time, but it will come back. If you really want to disable it for good, you can set up a routine to effectively issue this "snooze" on by the way at some interval.
- cableshaft 4y agoEverything I use Alexa for: "Alexa, set a timer for x mins / wake me up at x time." "Alexa, what's the weather today?" "Alexa, can dogs eat <type of food>?" "Alexa, play <the song I just referenced so my wife knows the reference even though she doesn't care>" Mostly just the first two. I don't care about anything else they try to push on me.
- odysseus 4y agoI got rid of my Echo mostly because of those types of responses. And also for how easy they make it for you to buy something accidentally off Amazon, or accidentally upgrade to Music Unlimited.