Almost ready to throw Alexa in the trash

[marklyn59]

Yep. I hear you.  I'm 3 years into Alexa and will not be buying any more devices.  I already have tons of bulbs, plugs, light switches and when there is a fail and it requires me to set ieverything up a 4th time, then I will start migrating to another smart home solution.
I love it when it works but when it doesn't or 'loses' some devices and re-adds them as generic devices, it is a pain to fix everything back.
It.Should.Just.Work

[Joachim47]

I have reduced my voice activated routines to 7 of 27 and rely more on automation trigger inputs based on time, motion, temperature, and daylight. The voice control is only done for things that I don't have a good way to trigger or don't want to spend the money to add directional sun light and wind to the equation. The voice recognition and the lack of AI to understand intent rather than rely on precise wording is my biggest grief with the voice control today.