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Re:Alexa had "no profit timeline," cost Amazon $25B in 4 years by nine_zeros on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @11:37PM (#41053400)
Amazon doesn't have the talent.

They do have many layers of metrics-massaging incompetent management that spends time attacking the people who do the real work.

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Re:Alexa had "no profit timeline," cost Amazon $25B in 4 years by Log_out_ on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @01:46AM (#41053947)
Metric hacking is still hacking, just not machines but processes. Mbas are golemn hackers,real recognizes real.
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