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Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp (www.reuters.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Cancel now! It's incredibly convoluted process that makes you think you've done it but no, there's always one more confirm screen hiding behind a tiny button

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Last time I canceled it it was very easy to do (amazon.ca)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Nah, I've paid for it and it seems there's no refund.