In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he "absolutely" believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa

Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec::In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he “absolutely” believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa

  • LazaroFilm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    751·
    3 年前

    “By the way, you can now pay for Alexa AI option if you want me to reply in a slightly smarter way, but I will still cut you off with ads and other useless things. To activate AlexaAI say activate”

      • spitfire@infosec.pubEnglish
        72·
        3 年前

        Just made the switch to NextDNS. For $2/month I get a lot of the same features but also on my phone when not on WiFi. Still love my pihole though!

    • JonEFive@midwest.socialEnglish
      27·
      3 年前

      “No”

      “I heard ‘activate’. Thank you! Your credit card will be charged $129 annually. To cancel, please log on to the website because there’s no way we’re letting you get out of this mess the same way we got you into it.”

      • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        3 年前

        To cancel, please log on to the website because there’s no way we’re letting you get out of this mess the same way we got you into it.

        Unless you’re in California

    • FireTower@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 年前

      *to the same degree of intelligence as you’ve previously experienced. (Ps if you don’t we’re making Alexa have a room temp IQ)