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We made the mistake of expecting Amazon to continue improving their Prime Video selection and Alexa smart home device dominance, and they've completely nose div
by tyjen 3y ago
We made the mistake of expecting Amazon to continue improving their Prime Video selection and Alexa smart home device dominance, and they've completely nose dived since around Bezos' departure. Once we realized the devices were only useful to us as Spotify speakers or making announcements, and, Prime video selection was becoming infested with ads or ad infused content (Freevee); we Sold all the devices and cancelled our Prime subscription.
Cutting the cable originally meant decoupling from wasting time on nonstop marketing BS, but here we are again. I guess it was inevitable and great while it lasted, but time to cut the cable version 2. New smart home and streaming setup is independent and flexible, no more investing in anything linked to Amazon, Apple, or similar.
- Corrado 3y agoI also noticed that Alexa, in general, has become a lot less useful in the past 6-12 months. It's nothing huge but just little things keep tripping me up. For example, I have several "unknown" devices in my Alexa config and I don't know what they are. So I went on a clean up spree the other day and accidentally removed my TV and now Alexa can't turn it on/off. The TV is connected to a FireTV Cube, which Alexa knows about. When I tell Alexa to turn on the TV it tells me it can't find the TV and to check it's network connection. This is maddening because Alexa (FireTV Cube) IS the network connection for the TV. I'm beginning to think that I'll have to wipe my Alexa configuration completely and start over. If it comes to that I'll just buy an Apple TV 4K+ and move away from Amazon completely.
- lostmsu 3y agoI haven't removed anything and got the same issue with the TV. They must have f*cked up something on their end.