Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for December 13, 2018

They could subtract the least useful ‘Alexa’ and be a lot happier – and probably less paranoid.

Get rid of Alexa (the device) and get Siri. Nobody names their kid Siri.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Distraught-Family-Pens-Letter-to-Amazon-Over-Bullying-Issues-With-Daughter-Who-Shares-Name-With-Alexa-Device-Jeff-Bezos-CEO-Massachusetts-501659891.html

Or you could rename the Dot (by changing the wake word). My devices wake with “Echo,” a less common girl’s name than “Alexa.”

Ashley is trendy and popular.

Alexa? Are you Siri-ous?

I have a great niece named Alexa. They call her “Lexi”. I can hear the lexi-con jokes coming…..

Doesn’t Suri have the fringe on top?

Thank goodness the device came 29 years after the 1985 birth of Billy Joel’s daughter.

I can tell you from experience. . .“Alyssa” is just as bad.

you can change the name of the device to a couple of other options

I don’t have that problem with Google Assistant, but I wish I could give a different trigger for each device. Every time I say “Hey Google”, my Mini, phone, and tablet all respond at the same time. When I get an LG 4K TV, it’ll get worse.