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minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoIt wasn’t an investment round, Amazon got it from customers. Then, from among the options of: Let customers say “Alexa do this” Give each customer a $60/year discount coupon Spend it on charity Build a 300ft tall golden statue of Jeff Bezos …Amazon decided that people would give it even more money, if it did the Alexa thing.
It wasn’t an investment round, Amazon got it from customers. Then, from among the options of:
…Amazon decided that people would give it even more money, if it did the Alexa thing.