dontcareitsonlyreddi t1_iw57zsx wrote on November 13, 2022 at 1:30 AM

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Not sure but google and apple also have a history of doing stuff like that . Amazon isn’t the only guilty one of doing that .

VitaminPb t1_iw5b5yu wrote on November 13, 2022 at 1:55 AM

Apple would leave the service running for a number of years (3-5) for things like the HomePods.
Google would take the service up behind the barn and shoot it in the head. Like they recently bricked a bunch of FitBits.
We don’t know what Amazon will do, but they have been selling a lot of hardware to use that service and other companies have been using that service too.

Redisigh t1_iw62byj wrote on November 13, 2022 at 5:57 AM

Don’t forget Stadia lmao

oo_Mxg t1_iw7mxpc wrote on November 13, 2022 at 4:17 PM

I mean, stadia lived for 4 years but ultimately failed because the first impression they gave was absolutely horrendous so even when they improved the service, the damage was already done

wbruce098 t1_iw7a2qn wrote on November 13, 2022 at 2:43 PM

Echos control 70% of the home smart speaker market in the US. Ending Alexa would devastate that market and Amazon’s ability to maintain a presence there at all.

They need to go the Costco route and view it as a loss leader. $5 rotisserie chickens apparently cost the company $30-40mn/year. But their annual revenue is over $200bn. How many people buy smart stuff on Prime to work with their cheap ass Dots that cost $20 on Black Friday?