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Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec::In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he "absolutely" believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa

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[-] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

im actually surprised companies havent tried to charge for voice assistants already considering pretty much everything you say to them gets sent to some service somewhere

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah... The moment they do that is the moment I turn off and disconnect every smart speaker I own, take them to the electronics recycling place, and start building out an open-source smart home setup.

I use commercial smart speakers because they're easy and cheap. The moment they stop being one or the other is the moment they stop being in my home.

[-] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I shut mine off a while back when I was sure they were advertising stuff based on things we were talking about in the same room. We were discussing moving the chairs out of the office and the next time we went to play music she wanted to sell us new ones.

It might be a total coincidence but screw that.

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