I know someone that has Alexa because he has trouble with his eyes and has great difficulty reading. For people like this, devices such as Alexa have improved their lives. He also utilizes the voice apps on his phone so he does not have to write or read texts. But for the rest of us, oh my, how did we ever survive without all this convenience? Bah humbug. I still use phonebooks and read maps. All this technology is making people stupid. And we wonder why people are so easily manipulated? They do not know how to look things up for themselves and want an easy answer to their inquiries - so they let their devices tell them what to think. Our young people especially have been trained to let their devices dictate facts to them. Heaven help us.