Re:Amazon has raised the number of jobs it plans to cut 18,000
by Sakos on Thursday January 05, 2023 @09:58AM
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I still don't understand why they axed Alexa. It doesn't make any sense to me in the context of the rest of their business.
Re:Amazon has raised the number of jobs it plans to cut 18,000
by simplotek on Thursday January 05, 2023 @10:09AM
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> I still don't understand why they axed Alexa.
Alexa was described as "a colossal failure" which lost 10 billion dollars last year alone.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/amazon-alexa-is-a-co...
Re:Amazon has raised the number of jobs it plans to cut 18,000
by Sakos on Thursday January 05, 2023 @12:05PM
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I don't really understand how that division could rack up $10 billion in losses in a single year either.
Re:Amazon has raised the number of jobs it plans to cut 18,000
by rileyphone on Thursday January 05, 2023 @10:17AM
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Because it’s an embarrassing product and Jassy doesn’t love it like Bezos.
Amazon has been cutting teams that either could not justify their existence or worked in money-losing investments. Alexa was a very public project getting the axe.