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It's incredible that Amazon kept Alexa going after losing its first billion on the idiotic hypothesis that people like to shop using voice assistants
by smt88 3y ago
It's incredible that Amazon kept Alexa going after losing its first billion on the idiotic hypothesis that people like to shop using voice assistants
- fakedang 3y agoBut is it? I remember clearly that back in the day, Amazon had grandiose plans of taking over everyday shopping for supplies and same day deliveries for groceries. That was their play into Whole Foods, the Amazon Go store, and the interesting Amazon Dash buttons. In that kind of an Amazon dominated e-commerce space, Alexa perfectly fits in. Except now Amazon is under regulatory threat, and Jassy is not an Amazon Retail guy, so this vision was defenestrated. Now they're digging into the cloud space, their bread and butter, but ironically that may put the regulatory bullseye smack on the back of their head.