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It can be both. Saying "Alexa, buy eggs" is a lot quicker and easier than loading up Amazon, finding the eggs you like which will probably be the top result for
by techjamie 1y ago
It can be both. Saying "Alexa, buy eggs" is a lot quicker and easier than loading up Amazon, finding the eggs you like which will probably be the top result for you, and clicking buy (or even Buy Now). Instead, it already knows your preferences in eggs anyway, so just by telling it, you can impulsively buy the eggs without even stopping what you're doing.
Then they get all that juicy "accidental activation" data on top of that.
- daveguy 1y agoIf only Alexa could be trusted to buy something as seemingly simple as eggs.
- HPsquared 1y agoYou'd just get eggs from whoever sponsored the term "eggs" the highest.
- kbelder 1y agoPeople buy eggs off Amazon? Every now and then the modern world boggles my mind.
- techjamie 1y agoI don't think so, but I needed something as an example and it was the first thing that came to mind. Also the idea of someone impulse buying eggs is amusing to me.
- vitus 1y agoWhy not? Amazon owns Whole Foods, and Amazon Fresh has existed for almost 20 years now. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GBM7TZJ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GBM7TZJ seems like a totally normal price to pay for eggs these days, although you probably wouldn't just buy a dozen eggs in isolation, given delivery fees and driver tip.