How to stop annoying Alexa “follow ups”?

Wondering if anyone else has this problem, Alexa is now asking me if I want other things after almost every single request now! A song finishes playing and it tells me it can tell me when the next release is coming out for the artist, I set a timer and it asks me if I want to set another, I ask for the weather and it says, "by the way, I can do blalh blah" after giving it.

I know there's "Brief Mode" and I already have that on which isn't helping. This to me is a completely unacceptable VX change that I'm really disappointed in. It has gotten so annoying in the last few days I'm considering selling all of my Alexa devices and exiting the ecosystem entirely.

If I did go that route, any more reliable/configurable suggestions are appreciated too!