We got a few of these things because famiky kept thinking I'll like it because I'm "into tech". I eventually gave in and hooked them up on a separate network so my wife can make video calls from the kitchen and use it as an intercom system. Also decent for keeping a grocery list. For a company that should have a clue what kind of stuff we buy, and is listening to what we say, the Alexa couldn't be any farther off topic with their advertisements. It constantly talks about Thursday night football during sportsball season, even though I haven't watched a game in years. It advertises clothing fashions for everyone other than normal size white women. The random news articles that come up are almost exclusively from CNN. At this point I almost think it's on purpose because of how often I've told Alexa to stop linking CNN articles.