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There's something to be said for today's business model that much of big tech uses: "First we build it, then we get customers who love it, then we try to figure
by mabbo 4y ago
There's something to be said for today's business model that much of big tech uses: "First we build it, then we get customers who love it, then we try to figure out how to monetize it- and kill it if we don't".
Google is, of course, the king of this model, but it feels as though the entire industry fully embraces it. I'm waiting for the day my Alexa shuts itself off forever because I still don't see how it makes a dime.
- maushu 4y agoWhen you can't find the source of revenue then that generally means you are the source of revenue.
- Amorymeltzer 4y agoThis is essentially Cory Doctorow's "Enshittification": <https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys>, briefly discussed here at <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34480479 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34480479>
- cmiles74 4y agoAmazon is definitely making money on these subscriptions. IMHO, they simply want to make even more money by pushing everyone onto "Unlimited". Maybe more like "how to super-monetize it".
- pungentcomment 4y agoI read somewhere that it's a huge money loser for Amazon. Alexa being such a big part of Amazon's identity, could they shut it down without losing face though?