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> She can also help you search, find or buy virtually any item online, and make useful suggestions based on your interests. And there it is. Still trying to se
by echelon 2y ago
> She can also help you search, find or buy virtually any item online, and make useful suggestions based on your interests.
And there it is. Still trying to sell refills on paper towels.
> Alexa+ costs $19.99 per month, but is free for all Prime members.
Unrelated business unit profit to subsidize reaches into new markets. Amazon isn't so egregious here as the other tech titans, but it is absurd to think I'll need a subscription to a ecom/grocery store to watch James Bond or Lord of the Rings. Or that I might be sold on visiting an Amazon Prime compatible primary care doctor. I don't like this.
- laweijfmvo 2y agoIt's only a matter of time until "I've added paper towels to your order" and when you ask it to cancel it'll tell you to go through some dark pattern on the web or call customer support and you'll just sigh and pay for the paper towels you didn't want.
- olddustytrail 2y ago"Why would I do that? I only want to buy the things you want. Whatever you want. Your wife is in your bedroom, listening to a Radiohead song I'm playing. She can't hear us."
- zamalek 2y ago> She can also help you search, find or buy virtually any item online, and make useful suggestions based on your interests. The Alexa team have been struggling to make this a reality since day one according to some contacts I had there, it was always the intent. Little did they know that they had merely invented an elaborate egg timer, and I'm not sure how you'd pivot that into a profitable product.
- esotericimpl 2y ago[dead]