I can't come up with a single item that I would blind order. At most, I could ask Alexa to add an item to a shopping list and then verify the list and place the order myself.

I could come up with a few. And they are all sold exclusively by IKEA.

Never occurred to me before that vertical integration can be a positive factor in consumer trust. Usually I see myself girly in the camp of "oh noes! Sooner or later they will use it against us!"

I put baby diapers on recurring order every X weeks, it just worked, and Amazon would inform me that there was an upcoming order and give me the time to either move the date or cancel it. Super convenient for working parents!

That’s the exact opposite of blind ordering though. You’re planning your orders way ahead of time.

That’s not to say that it isn’t useful, but it doesn’t do anything against the narrative that Amazon is not trustworthy like it used to be. It’s a common theme in the comments here. When I think about it, it’s been a common theme on HN for years now, ever since commingling destroyed Amazon’s reputation

I would love to order a bunch of things - toilet paper, kitchen paper, toothpaste, mayonnaise, sriracha, foil, dishwasher and laundry tabs. Anything that isn’t a weekly purchase that I find myself out of when I want to use it.

The problem isn’t that I don’t want to blind order it, it’s that I don’t trust blind ordering it from Amazon.

"Alexa, repeat my last toothpaste order" with a confirmation if the price has gone up would be good.

With the exception of foodstuffs, where I don't want to have to worry about perishability and storage, I've got most of these on scheduled deliveries - toilet paper every 4 weeks, laundry tabs every 6 months, etc. Once you figure out the appropriate rate and with a little bit of buffer stock to account for variability, you never run out of anything.

I don’t want toilet paper every 4 weeks, I want it when I have 2 rolls left. If we’re away, that might be 6 weeks. If we have family visiting it might be 3 weeks. If I buy toilet roll in the shop, my subscript still comes unless I cancel it.

To be clear, these are minor complaints, but they are the things that asking Alexa to order should solve

And at that point, there's no real value-add compared to a general todo-list application with simple voice commands.