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In response to "I was reading this yesterday. A get rich path is to figure out how to monetize Alexa/Siri/Google voice commands." by JaxSean

Subscription comes to mind but a $5/mo subscription would require 166M subscribers to just break even. Alexa is a convenience feature, just a really

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Nov 22 '22, 06:30

really expensive one apparently. I don't see tons of people paying for it outright. I know that I certainly would miss having a voice assistant in the house but much like other home automation projects, there are open source alternatives

https://mycroft.ai/ (mycroft.ai)

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Alexa is getting super annoying with her suggestions and questions. Just do what I told you to do and leave off the rest - Epiphany Nov 22, 06:38 6
- The 'By the ways' are really annoying -- nm* - decline Nov 22, 06:48 1
  - yes, that is the best summation. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 22, 06:55
- Did yours start saying "Voila!" recently? Ours did it a couple times after asking her to set a timer. "Voila! Your 10 minute timer is set" -- nm - oblique Nov 22, 06:40 2
  - Sorry. Just trying something new. Don’t like it? I’ll stop. Bingo, bango! It’s done! -- nm - Alexa Nov 22, 06:49
  - not Voila but it has added other words. she says hello and sometimes good morning. it is weird. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 22, 06:42
- “Alexa, turn off. Nobody was talking to you.” -- nm - znufrii Nov 22, 06:38
Amazon should have some kind of subscription service that aggregates all their digital offerings. - Mop Nov 22, 06:34 3
- As far as I know, you don't need to be a prime member to use Alexa. -- nm - oblique Nov 22, 06:36 2
  - correct, i am not and we have an Alexa. -- nm* - Andie Nov 22, 06:41
  - You don’t but that’s likely coming. -- nm - spamlet Nov 22, 06:38

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