Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company’s plans.

  • @Fapper_McFapper@lemm.ee
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    469 days ago

    LMAO, let me get this straight. You want me to pay for the privilege of being spied on. We really did jump timelines. Fuck all these greedy companies.

    • @exanime
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      89 days ago

      Sadly, that’s what we do with phones, cars, tvs, etc

      • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        69 days ago

        Fortunately, there are solutions to each of those:

        • phones - alternative Android ROMs and fdroid
        • cars - remove the connectivity module
        • TVs - don’t let it access your network and don’t use the apps

        That’s not true for Alexa, you need to allow it to spy for its core functionality to work.

        • @exanime
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          59 days ago

          Yeap I’m just saying it’s sadly all too common

          I’m actually degoogling at the moment precisely because of all this