Maybe if they just sold this tech for the tech that it is, versus some sort of "loss leader" with the intent of monetizing it later. I use my Echo Dot every single day and would happily have paid a bit more for it to continue to improve and be an exceptional home voice assistant, versus getting a half-baked products (at half the cost-- I paid $25 for my new gen 5 dot) with all these monetization features built in like 'voice shopping' that will never see a penny from me.
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Reply to Alexa, is the voice-assistant industry doomed? by WestEst101
Maybe if they just sold this tech for the tech that it is, versus some sort of "loss leader" with the intent of monetizing it later. I use my Echo Dot every single day and would happily have paid a bit more for it to continue to improve and be an exceptional home voice assistant, versus getting a half-baked products (at half the cost-- I paid $25 for my new gen 5 dot) with all these monetization features built in like 'voice shopping' that will never see a penny from me.