Does anybody buy Christmas presents on Cyber Monday?
Because I only ever seem to buy stuff for myself. I don't even know what anyone wants, we got going late on the Christmas lists this year. I only want accessories (a case and a filter set) and more film for my Polaroid, a cookie scoop set, and some sandalwood oil.
But anyway, yesterday I checked on the price of this bluetooth speaker I've had my eye on for a year
and it was down about 40% off the previous listed price, so I got it.
I thought once I bought my Echo I wouldn't still want this, but they kind of do different things. You can only use the Echo for certain applications, what Amazon calls "skills". So like I can play music from my Spotify account through it, but I can't connect my turntable (which has a bluetooth option) to it. When I read that Ars Technica article from a year ago about how Amazon is losing tons of money on the Echo, it didn't surprise me. The most useful thing mine does (for me anyway) is voice-control my smart light, and Amazon doesn't make any money from that, so instead it nags me every other day about buying more razors or Mrs. Meyer's scented candles.
The report says that while Alexa's Echo line is among the "best-selling items on Amazon, most of the devices sold at cost." One internal document described the business model by saying, "We want to make money when people use our devices, not when they buy our devices."
LOL capitalism
But anyway, yesterday I checked on the price of this bluetooth speaker I've had my eye on for a year
and it was down about 40% off the previous listed price, so I got it.
I thought once I bought my Echo I wouldn't still want this, but they kind of do different things. You can only use the Echo for certain applications, what Amazon calls "skills". So like I can play music from my Spotify account through it, but I can't connect my turntable (which has a bluetooth option) to it. When I read that Ars Technica article from a year ago about how Amazon is losing tons of money on the Echo, it didn't surprise me. The most useful thing mine does (for me anyway) is voice-control my smart light, and Amazon doesn't make any money from that, so instead it nags me every other day about buying more razors or Mrs. Meyer's scented candles.
The report says that while Alexa's Echo line is among the "best-selling items on Amazon, most of the devices sold at cost." One internal document described the business model by saying, "We want to make money when people use our devices, not when they buy our devices."
LOL capitalism