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I'm going to probably be a bit pissed if this happens. Amazon plans to give Alexa an AI overhaul — and a monthly subscription price -- (link)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) May 23 '24, 05:45

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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/22/amazon-plans-to-give-alexa-an-ai-overhaul-monthly-subscription-price.html (www.cnbc.com)

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Glad I never bothered with Alexa. Though I'm Google will find some way to Google up their stuff too. -- nm - sycor May 23, 07:43
i'm sure this paid option will come with a lot more privacy options. -- nm - colin May 23, 07:18
I guess it makes me the old man, but I couldn't be less interested in Alexa/Siri. I've never used it once. -- nm - Volnelk May 23, 06:12 9
- Shopping list, music, voice control for our smart lights. -- nm - znufrii May 23, 06:26 3
  - This -- nm - decline May 23, 08:37
  - Yep this and music is about all I use it for. Or sometimes when I can't remember the conversation for measurements when cooking. - sycor May 23, 07:45 1
    - heh. I did this so much in our house my wife got me a cutting board with all the measurement conversions on it. -- nm - oblique May 23, 08:40
- We use it for music / all-home announcements, and I think Kelly adds shopping list stuff. -- nm - Will Hunting May 23, 06:25
- Yes, I'll probably die on this hill. I will be Old Man Refuses to Yell At Cloud. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 06:15 3
  - I'll join that club -- nm - JD May 23, 07:45
  - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 23, 07:13 1
    - Thank you, I thought that deserved more. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 08:01
Yeah, hopefully it will be an optional thing - decline May 23, 05:55
That article hints that it'll be an Alexa+ thing that requires a subscription. Fingers crossed. -- nm - Inigo May 23, 05:49 7
- it would be silly not to have a subscription option to tell the weather, turn on lights and play their music program. - Pippy Blue Sky May 23, 05:51 6
  - Just give me the music and grocery list portion, and I'll be happy. -- nm - Inigo May 23, 05:55 1
    - that'll be $24.99 a month and we get to record every sound we hear and we own it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 23, 05:58
  - 90% of my Alexa interactions are asking for the weather, asking it to play a radio station, and telling it to shut the hell up. -- nm - Masked Baron May 23, 05:53 3
    - me too. I am not paying for that very small interaction that I can easily do on my phone -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 23, 06:35
    - For me it's the home automation triggers (lights, etc.) That would be super annoying to both lose and think to have to pay for -- nm - oblique May 23, 05:56 1
      - I think there are a ton of people who really get a lot of use from it for the reasons you mentioned. Tech Nerds. ha -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 23, 06:35
that will be the end of Alexa in our house. bye bye -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 23, 05:47

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