sabreW4K3 ( sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ) to Technology · 2 years agoAlexa had “no profit timeline,” cost Amazon $25 billion in 4 yearsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1120
arrow-up1120external-linkAlexa had “no profit timeline,” cost Amazon $25 billion in 4 yearsarstechnica.comsabreW4K3 ( sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ) to Technology · 2 years agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-squarejarfil ( jarfil@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoAmazon claims to have Alexa on 100 million devices, so $6 billion/year would be $60/user/year. It’s not peanuts, but… Amazon Prime has 230 million subscribers worldwide, that is $140/user/year. Sounds like one could be financing the other.
Amazon claims to have Alexa on 100 million devices, so $6 billion/year would be $60/user/year.
It’s not peanuts, but… Amazon Prime has 230 million subscribers worldwide, that is $140/user/year.
Sounds like one could be financing the other.