100% agree. I don't want to converse with Alexa. I think the miss was not thinking about it as a media delivery platform with some utility. I use Alexa in the Kitchen and Bathroom when I'm doing other things. Hands free timers while cooking is great. But mostly it is listening to music. But they should have tried to be a #1 podcast source from day 1. I'd also like local weather and news from a local source. They could have made that another focus. Audio books and a lot of the other Amazon controlled content translates well to an Alexa. I think they focused too much on the smart house side and not enough on hands-free content consumption.