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I don't think their strategy of sell em cheap and get a echo into every home will actually save them here as the barrier to switching to a competitor is very lo
by have_faith 9y ago
I don't think their strategy of sell em cheap and get a echo into every home will actually save them here as the barrier to switching to a competitor is very low. Coupled with the fact that I get the impression that no one uses their echo for anything other than asking about the weather.
- jermaustin1 9y agoThat and you can have multiple timers running. When cooking I use that. When leaving the house, I ask the weather for the day. When planning a weekend trip, I get the weather a for the weekend at where ever.
- epicide 9y agoBarrier to buying a different device is low, but barrier to switching platforms is high. It seems like most people would rather deal with sub-par results than change their daily habits by even a little bit.
- Splines 9y agoAgreed. I imagine most people wouldn't buy things through a voice interface literally sight unseen.