Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
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Re: Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
#2I think they should have opted for a more sinister move.
Use AI to Photoshop the family into new clothing and offer a discount on that clothing.
Or use AI to Photoshop them at vacation spots and advertise those spots.
You can all go on vacation! Book now! Grandma (who has been dead for years) looks like she is having the time of her life!
/s
Re: Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
#3We’re overloading the term Bricking now?
Re: Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
#4Stop buying this junk. Turn off the service. Only revenue loss will motivate better corporate behavior
Re: Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
#5We’re overloading the term Bricking now?
"Bait and Switch" still has its original meaning.
Re: Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
#6I think they should have opted for a more sinister move. Use AI to Photoshop the family into new clothing and offer a discount on that clothing. Or use AI to Photoshop them at vacation spots and advertise those spots. You can all go on vacation! Book now! Grandma (who has been dead for years) looks like she is having the time of her life! /s
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Re: Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
#7I think they should have opted for a more sinister move. Use AI to Photoshop the family into new clothing and offer a discount on that clothing. Or use AI to Photoshop them at vacation spots and advertise those spots. You can all go on vacation! Book now! Grandma (who has been dead for years) looks like she is having the time of her life! /s
Don't give them ideas lmao.
Re: Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
#8We’re overloading the term Bricking now?
Yeah I wasn't fond of the use of that word in the title but it was the title.
Re: Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
#9Stop buying this junk. Turn off the service. Only revenue loss will motivate better corporate behavior
That’s what makes this sting: the buyers already did pay a price premium (and subscription) to motivate behavior consistent with their preferences.
And even after accepting that premium, the company is just choosing not to deliver on its end anymore. And to be clear, “its end” here is refraining from pushing ads: a twisted state of affairs where the default condition is the company doing the work to force you to see ads, and you’re paying the company not to abuse you.
Re: Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
#10Stop buying this junk. Turn off the service. Only revenue loss will motivate better corporate behavior
That’s what makes this sting: the buyers already did pay a price premium (and subscription) to motivate behavior consistent with their preferences. And even after accepting that premium, the company is just choosing not to deliver on its end anymore. And to be clear, “its end” here is refraining from pushing ads: a twisted state of affairs where the default condition is the company doing the work to force you to see…
this reminded me to cancel my Prime free trial. I quit Prime a while back and then got continually harassed with lights-on-nobody-home sales pitches like ‘You spent $42.31 on shipping last year’ (like that’s a reason to buy a subscription that costs 3-4x as much!)
They say you can only get one free trial a year so I figured taking one and canceling might let me shop on AMZN for another 11 months without harassment.
… now I gotta move my last few things in AWS to Azure…