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Amazon’s Alexa Stalled with Users as Interest Faded

6 pointsby gotmediumover 3 years ago

2 comments

adolphover 3 years ago
Sofar I think Amazon has failed at developing Alexa as a platform. As an anecdote, my kids enjoyed playing trivia and a Zork-style games. The method of play though tends to dominate a space unlike them using an iPad for similar.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Zork_I" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Zork_I</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;alexa-skills&#x2F;b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=13727921011" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;alexa-skills&#x2F;b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=137279210...</a>
karmakazeover 3 years ago
Seems like a logical&#x2F;obvious result:<p>&gt; The other hurdle is an even more basic challenge: People simply don’t find Alexa that useful.<p>&gt; Amazon’s goal with Alexa was to pull users into a deeper relationship with the company’s services, allowing it to profit in various ways.<p>Maybe if the product put the users goals first it might be more popular.