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That logic could also apply to fidget spinners.

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• adventured 9y ago
  > That logic could also apply to fidget spinners. Or stamps. Or shoelaces. Or umbrellas. Or wallets. Or lipstick. All useful things to millions of people. One fundamental difference with fidget spinners: they have already peaked and faded in popularity, Alexa continues to grow year by year. That's the true difference between something tens of millions of people (soon to be hundreds of millions of people) find useful, and something people temporarily find amusing.
  • rpowers 9y ago
    ... You write as if Alexa wont also 'have already peaked and faded in popularity' in a couple of years. Growth doesn't mean shit. Retention does. The example of fidget spinner is to highlight a counter example to the belief that selling well is an indicator for usefulness. It isn't.