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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by martin_a on Thursday July 25, 2024 @10:46AM (#41069317)
> With the button, you selected the EXACT item with a single button. With Alexa, you have to explain what you want, don't necessarily know the price, seller, etc.

Hm, but wasn't the price of items ordered through the Dash buttons subject to change, too? Like last week when you set everything up it was $5 per item, but sellers changed and now its $15? Sounds risky to me without checking the order confirmation mails...

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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by burnte on Thursday July 25, 2024 @11:50AM (#41070065)
They only sold the buttons for specific brand names. The only one that had a brand I used was Charmin, and we had a specific pack size picked. The price was only going to change a little based on the market for toilet paper, so we didn't check it often. I had another for Dial soap but Dial discontinued the product I bought.
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