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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    5 months 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.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months 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.

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          5 months ago

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

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