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The issue with modern voice "assistants" is that it's impossible to monetize them and still keep them useful. Something like this will probably never get built
by rolenthedeep 4y ago
The issue with modern voice "assistants" is that it's impossible to monetize them and still keep them useful. Something like this will probably never get built by a capitalist corporation because there's no way to turn a profit.
That's why siri and Google are driving their assistants into the ground with "by the way"
- dewey 4y agoI don't think this makes sense, it's a feature that makes their platform more valuable even if not directly monetized. There's many features like that. If someone would nail voice assistants that would be a bit selling point for their platform and it's a good way to get people into their paid services too. Not really sure what you are referring to with driving the assistants in the ground, from what I can tell it's just not very good tech ("one moment", "working on it", "there was an problem answering this query",...) and not related to any monetization strategies.
- lannisterstark 4y agoYou'd think that they can probably support this with the ad-revenue they're getting...