Amazon plans to charge for Alexa in June—unless internal conflict delays revamp

[Nelek]

Ars Technica[^]

“If this fails to get revenue, Alexa is in trouble.” A quote from an anonymous Amazon employee in a Wednesday Business Insider report paints a dire picture. Amazon needs its upcoming subscription version of Alexa to drive revenue in ways that its voice assistant never has before.

ohhhh, what a pity... Sadly enough, there will be enough people to keep it alive.

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[Mike Hankey]

Quote:

“If this fails to get revenue, Alexa is in trouble.”

The pimps not doing his/her job.

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[Richard Andrew x64]

And here I thought that the whole purpose of Alexa was as a data gathering tool to aid Amazon's other businesses. I thought that the revenue gained by the spying paid enough to keep Alexa going, plus some.

The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

[Nelek]

That's exactly what I thought too, but looks like Amazon became even greedier

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[David ONeil]

Are you saying that Amazon is in financial trouble??? Or are you saying that those painstakingly woven fishnets by low-paid Chinese workers won't pay for themselves? [Bezos and current fiance](https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/comments/19apz5s/jeff\_bezos\_60\_and\_age\_appropriate\_fiancé\_lauren/) :omg:

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[Nelek]

I am not saying it... I am forwarding someone else that said it :-D

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