The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this holiday season

Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by notahacker on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @07:25AM (#16014343)

The aggressive price cuts in competition with Google also put it at the perfect price for "novelty electronic good that may or may not be useful"

(We bought one for a pretty tech savvy 89 year old who we thought might actually get practical benefits from IoT plugs as well as enjoy the novelty value of something that interacts vaguely like a human since he doesn't go out so much these days. But that's something of an edge case)

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by paulie_a on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @09:16AM (#16014832)

I bought three Google homes largely because of the price cuts, and after showing my mom over the holiday she decided to but one. She even commented on the novelty but had liked it so far

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by wmeredith on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @10:05AM (#16015089)

> But that's something of an edge case

The Baby Boomers are retiring in droves right now. It's becoming less and less so (in the USA).

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by lev99 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:31PM (#16016327)

I have retired baby boomers for parents. I can confirm that they are both somewhat tech savvy and enjoy the dot.

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