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Re:Apple's Slow AI Pace Becomes a Strength as Market Grows W... by Tagbert on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @09:53AM (#46218357)
Much of the cost of Alexa wasn't the data center costs, as Alexa was not, until recently, an AI. Amazon lost tons of money selling cheap Echo speakers at below cost expecting people would use Alexa on those to buy things. Turns out, people don't like to buy things by yelling at a speaker.
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Re:Apple's Slow AI Pace Becomes a Strength as Market Grows W... by mjhay on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @12:36PM (#46220715)
It is amazing sometimes how executives can check common sense at the door, and act like consumers are some separate species from themselves.
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