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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by hibikir on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @03:38PM (#41061020)
I'd be happy ordering with a voice assistant if it's at least as good as I am at deciding good alternatives. Imagine I want to, say, purchase garbage bags, because I am out. It's not exactly a complicated product, and yet I might care about whether it has any smell reduction agents, whether the bag is tough enough, the size, and possible alternatives that are either a bit better, or quite a bit cheaper. Either the agent understands my preferences, or I am not going to trust it.

And as we look at Amazon's webpage, we first have straight out ads, then a few items it hopes I might buy that are typically related to what other people buy, and maybe a mention of what I bought before, but no understanding of why I bought that one. It's not a very easy task, and one where it's easy to lose trust

Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by ghaff on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @04:04PM (#41061396)
On the other hand, I have--for better or worse--default brands for most of that stuff and I go to a Walmart every six months and load up my cart.
Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by playingalong on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @05:36PM (#41062423)
The system could simply default to whatever I picked the latest (or same brand).