Amazon has raised the number of jobs it plans to cut 18,000

Re:Amazon has raised the number of jobs it plans to cut 18,000 by Sakos on Thursday January 05, 2023 @09:58AM (#34260454)

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.

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Re:Amazon has raised the number of jobs it plans to cut 18,000 by simplotek on Thursday January 05, 2023 @10:09AM (#34260638)

> I still don't understand why they axed Alexa.

Alexa was described as "a colossal failure" which lost 10 billion dollars last year alone.

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Re:Amazon has raised the number of jobs it plans to cut 18,000 by Sakos on Thursday January 05, 2023 @12:05PM (#34262886)

I don't really understand how that division could rack up $10 billion in losses in a single year either.

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Re:Amazon has raised the number of jobs it plans to cut 18,000 by rileyphone on Thursday January 05, 2023 @10:17AM (#34260765)

Because it’s an embarrassing product and Jassy doesn’t love it like Bezos.

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