The business model for Amazon Alexa is not apps (their own or third party) to spy on you or get in your life. It is to sell you Amazon services. The first thing they will want is your CC so they can sign you up for more and more stuff. Alexa will be unhappy with you unless you pay her $10 a month minimum.
She will even say so. You will ask to hear a specific song and she might say "here's a snippet of that song" and play the snippet. But usually she will say I can play that if you sign up for XYZ music services. So technically she's not pushing apps because unlike a phone there is no screen space for ads. Instead she is pushing services which you pay for with a monthly fee.
Think of her as a needy girlfriend who is kind of cheap, kind of useless, but always needy.
By contrast, Google Home is a pushover. Just say, "Hey Google, play WXKS AM!", and she'll do it. No questions asked, an AM station with FM quality!
Factually untrue. Do you have an Amazon Echo? None of my Echo devices asked me for a credit card and I use them for all kinds of things FOR FREE, no credit card required.
Are there services you can subscribe to? Sure. Need a credit card to use an Echo (Alexa) device after you purchase it? NO. There are literally THOUSANDS of skills available FREE for the Echo device that are quite useful. I use a fair number of them including making phone calls, responding to incoming texts using nothing but my voice and more.
Your post totally misrepresented the device which makes me question whether or not you even have one.
The device has a gps tracker that tracks where you are and that information is recorded.
Think of her as a needy girlfriend who is kind of cheap, kind of useless, but always needy.
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