Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions

Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by droopyEyelids on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @03:17PM (#41060773)

This was exactly my problem with the dash buttons, and with Amazon's recurring order system.

And I'm not certain, but I believe that sellers game this system- you can see certain things that make sense to order on a recurring schedule have unconscionable prices. Once you have a certain threshold of recurring orders, why not increase the price 10x? Especially because Amazon puts so many dark patterns in the way of a user canceling a "subscription".

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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by ghaff on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @03:59PM (#41061326)

I just reordered something I order fairly frequently today. The price is pretty predictable but, yes, I like to just double-check it hasn't doubled in price. Not a big deal to order every few months and confirm it's still what I want to order at the right price as opposed to just putting it on an out of sight, out of mind subscription.

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