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Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions (www.wsj.com)
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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 months ago

It could be useful for reordering familiar items but only if prices were more stable or the system reliably gave feedback on how the price compared to previous orders. Now it seems like it's built to try to get you to reorder while masking the fact that the price doubled since you last ordered the item.