To be honest I completely bypassed Sims 3 because I couldn’t stand the look of the Sims and general brokenness of the game but came back for Sims 4 because it reminded me of Sims 2.
With the loss of more and more orignal players either through dislike of the direct the game franchise is going or lack of time/interest due to rl concerns, as business EA/Maxis has to turn somewhere to continue to monetarily fuel the direction they feel is the most monetarily viable
(because again they are a business) and if partnering with Amazon (which is a major retailer of Maxis products anyway) is what they decided to do, it is what it is.

We don’t have to like it and you can make your displeasure known by not buying into something that isn’t what you want but that most likely isn’t going to change much in EA/Maxis’
MO.

Better to invest your time and money in either learning to either make a whole new game period, adjust what exists to your liking, supporting those that are altering what exists to your liking, or invest in a game you do like.

As for it being a waste of resources, for the general audience maybe it is but for some modder somewhere that was looking for a way to get old songs into the game this could be a golden opportunity to rip them from the Alexa skills data or for someone that no longer has time to actually play the game but has a kid that plays that evil baby shark song on repeat with Alexa, the trivia thing maybe a quick nostalgia ride between replays.There is always a use/need somewhere for someone and that is what EA/Maxis is banking on.