Rufus Where Art Thou?

What happened to Rufus? I'd sort of gotten used to him when checking out things on Amazon. It was pretty nice, if there was a certain spec I needed for something, I'd just pop open Rufus, tell it what I needed and get a list of items to consider.

It appears Amazon replaced Rufus with "Alexa for Shopping" and it sort of worked, but then in the middle of a chat session it just stopped. Hello? Anybody there?

Disappointing. I also should add that Alexa has sort of a black mark - it has that "big brother listening" feel because if you have the Alexa device (we do) it's always on listening to everything. Not that we ever discuss plans for overthrowing the government when it's around (sorry Alexa, those conversations are saved for out in the garage, where whiskey, cigars, and dangerous conversations are safe from recoding devices).

But that feeling of being spied upon makes me a little sad that Rufus has been replaced. We miss you Rufus!