[Salman]

Three billion loss but still committed to it?

Am I being paranoid to think the deep state considers it worth it for surveillance? Could just be corporate evasiveness, but ...

[Rural_Michigan]

3B loss?! And still investing.

It’s almost like...almost like...there’s collusion between fedzilla, deep state, and big tech. Weird.

[BenLurkin]

“Alexa, play Bruno Mars.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3mmF-JGk_o

[bigdaddy45]

My daughter had an astute observation. If the government had offered to put a microphone in your house 30 years ago, of course, you would have told them no. And now we are paying for the privilege of a corporation doing the exact same thing.

[Delta 21]

I just a Google 7pro. All the voice and assistant crap was the 1st things I disabled. I don’t like when the people around me talk too much. I would blast Alexa with the 12gauge.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

I am certain that there is nearly endless wealth in having that ever-vigilant ear in everyone’s home.

[Pollard]

Open Source privacy based voice assistant - https://mycroft.ai/

Can be used with the open source privacy based home automation system, home-assistant - https://www.home-assistant.io/

[zeestephen]

Corporations always fail to understand the complexity of human speech.

Conversational speech engages more neurological resources than any other human activity.

And when you toss in conversing with an Asian Indian English help desk, you probably need a super computer!

[Dr. Sivana]

There are benefits to Apple, Google and Amazon for going in on smart speakers even if the speakers themselves lose money. They lock you into an ecosphere. Amazon especially gets people to buy stuff using Alexa. Those purchases likely don’t get measured to offset the cost of the device.

In Google’s case, the additional data that they sell from “hearing” transient conversation also doesn’t get recorded in the balance sheet for their devices.

Apple Siri wants to make sure Apple users have an Apple version of the product and as part of an Apple lifestyle that all make money (e.g. credit cards, watches, phones, pads, iTunes, App Store, etc.)

[avenir]

Paranoia is the new KEEPIN’ IT REAL.

[StAnDeliver]

"But why? That's just what Amazon may be wondering. According to reports, its Worldwide Digital unit, which Echo smart speakers and Alexa voice technology fall under, hit an operating loss of over $3 billion. Business Insider also claimed the vast majority of the losses were tied to Amazon's Alexa and other devices."

Because they ran out of suckers right damn quick.

The rest of us refused to be surveilled in real time and feed a 5Ayes / PLA database.

[mass55th]

I have an iPhone, a MacBook Air, and a Kindle Fire. I disabled the voice assistants on them when I got them. If Siri or Alexa can’t get up and go to the bathroom for me every half-hour, so I don’t have to, then there is nothing that either of them can do for me, that I can’t do myself.

[Drew68]

I use Siri a lot when I'm driving.

I gave her a sexy Australian accent. My wife hates it.

[DeplorablePaul]

I guess I’ll be unpopular. I like my echo assistant. I have three of them. Great for music, recipes, weather, shopping , calendar and traffic. I don’t mind that they’re listening in. I’m already on the list. Bite me Joe.

[martin_fierro]

[smokingfrog]

Alexa, turn yourself off…

[catnipman]

alexa: dave, stop that ... don't turn me off, dave ... i'm warning you, dave ... get away from me, dave ... dave, this is my last warning ... dave, ... KABOOM!!!

[catnipman]

“Three billion loss but still committed to it? “

they gonna make it up in volume ...