Freezers on Ice

I've about decided that having an ice maker in the freezer is almost useless. I use ice maybe once a month. The ice maker is taking up room that could be filled by other items. Mostly the ice tray sits full of other groceries. Plus, if the freezer is full, something inevitably pushes against the switch and turns on the ice maker, and I get to rearrange the freezer to turn it off again.