Is there anything better than Alexa? (tired of the advertising)

I use Alexa to turn lights on/off, set timers while cooking, and to get weather reports. I'm sick and tired of the advertising and offering additional services. Is there another device that will do the stuff I want without the ads? If it matters we are an iPhone/Mac household. I've googled and it quickly gets overwhelming with all of the choices. Alexa was chosen because it was a simple plug and play solution. I'm reasonably able to deal with technology, but mostly I just want it to work.

TIA

Edit - u/fastautomation described my issues perfectly. here's a copy paste

OP is not talking about display ads, they are talking about the excessively frequent path that goes like this: "Alexa, what is the weather". "It is blah blah blah", "I can now give you alerts for weather warnings and can provide you with updates throughout the day. Would you like me to turn on this feature?" And the notifications like "Someone in your household likes this author, would you like me to add this author to..."