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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by Spooky23 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @10:54AM (#16015435)
It’s a product with a heavy marketing push, that’s the why.

In terms of the response to these devices... they are tough devices in that they do not stand alone, and their usefulness is really defined by who the user is.

I think what you’re reading here is a coming to grips with it. Nobody really knows what these things are good for yet... but someone’s teenager likes to listen to music with it and someone’s grandma likes to control the lights.

The same discussions were had about the “information superhighway” in 1997 :)

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by mcny on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @11:19AM (#16015614)
> It’s a product with a heavy marketing push, that’s the why.

I absolutely agree. They also fixed the most glaring problem of the Fire Phone -- the cost.

As I write this, the echo dot is $30 [screenshot]. Over 60% of US households apparently has Amazon prime. This is a good purchase for them I think.

[screenshot] https://screenshots.firefoxusercontent.com/images/a164594d-5...

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