This was the same reason I got rid of my Alexas; those "by the way..." ads were infuriating. Instead, I just use Siri, and while Siri does get flack, it has yet

This was the same reason I got rid of my Alexas; those "by the way..." ads were infuriating. Instead, I just use Siri, and while Siri does get flack, it has yet to advertise to me inane things when I just want to set a timer; it is good enough.