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Amazon plans to give Alexa an AI overhaul — and a monthly subscription price (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I wanna know how to flash the echoes to custom firmware. Then I'll be set to migrate.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Won't last long. Free apps will ruin that Amazon subscription plan fast. One can already get a local and free chatAI and it's already just a few clicks setup and I wouldn't be surprised if these get made more easier for the mainstream any day. The tech is just too new, but were getting there soon.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

I will pay exactly zero dollars, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If I have to pay to have my dots and ring, i will throw the shit out in the street

Edit: Yeah, I'm done with them anyways, they're trash.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

Lmao, charge us for everything which was at first an incentive to buy your shit products

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago

Not having Amazon is great and cheaper than having it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I didn't think people really expected to believe that their smart stuff was really theirs. Did they? Imagine renting your bulbs to Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Watch the existing one become even more insufferable to push you into paying for the upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

"Sorry, I don't understand your question. Could you try again?"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Will the existing ones still operate without the subscription?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

What do you think ^^

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

I was never going to buy one of those, but now I have a second good reason to not want my conversations eavesdropped on

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Since it won't come with my Prime sub, it'll just get unplugged and thrown away.

Also, because the AI part.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Uhhh....it's had AI backing it for most of the decade

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