Amazon Could Charge Up to $10/Month for Alexa

[WolfSnap]

Hey Siri, can you laugh out loud for me?

 

[Spencer_W23]

Ah yes…. Because everything needs a subscription these days

 

[EightBitJoe]

which Amazon calls "Remarkable Alexa" internally

Known internally as “Banyan”.

 

[Alexndar]

For me, all this crap is just e-waste. Just as useless as iPads are for people who don't take notes or make digital art.

 

[nuckinfutz]

Amazon is increasingly becoming a non-factor. Haven't used an Alexa product in years, Prime price increases and dilution of features (wanting me to pay extra for add free Prime video --please). Amazon sent me a "your Prime subscription is about to renew" and I promptly cancelled it.

We had some good days in the past with that fast shipping but now there are tons of micro vendors slanging Aliexpress low cost offerings. This is not the time to think you can fleece your customers through all this nickel and dime stuff.

 

[McWetty]

iPad. Cough cough. iPad.

Tried it. Couldn’t find a good interface/kiosk mode software that “just works”. Maybe Apple will bring Standby mode to iPad.