The only surprise in Amazon Reveal Alexa + This week was the price. With creeping inflation and many more impactful subscription services to choose, $ 20 per month is an absolutely crazy price for a chatbot not yet proven.
Remember that Alexa has historically cost nothing as long as you have equipment to execute it. The same goes for Google Assistant (and now the basic version of Gemini) as well as Siri d’Apple. They have always been tools to improve equipment, not the product itself.
What is foreign is that $ 20 per month, which I will reiterate, it is cushionis essentially false – the equivalent of an inflated pdsf. And the reason I know this is because a whole bonus subscription costs $ 5 per month lessAnd understands Alexa +. You can read the one in two ways. Amazon thinks that Alexa + is worth more in itself than the entire premium. Or, the ridiculous price is an artificial speedbump to orient people in Amazon’s ecosystem while encouraging them to buy echo equipment while they are there. In a way a company accused in the WE And Europe To deceive the customers from their money deceptively has not yet tried this tip.
In a vacuum, $ 20 for Alexa + aligns with a few other IA Premium services – the chatgpt more than Openai and the advanced Google One Gemini plan cost both. And Amazon does something at least a little different by letting a generative voice assistant detach on your smart home, just like with the original Alexa. And I find the option to create a library of documents downloaded in the memory of Alexa + Intrigant, just as I would prefer anyone, but Amazon is the one that stored this information. But despite certain potentially useful features, it is impossible to recommend spending this kind of money on Alexa + now, since Amazon has predictablely shone certain demos in its presentation and that the journalists of its event really test it.
I don’t think Amazon expects a ton of registration at this monthly price of $ 20. In addition to pushing more people to register at a bonus, this wild price for Alexa + Telegraphs has a movement to increase the cost of premium as soon as possible. It was A little over two years Since Amazon has increased the prime price, so we are certainly due to another gouge.
Of course, the company will indicate the “increased value” of premium during this period, and to be fair, you get a lot of your dollar at this stage – assuming that you want to continue spending more money at Amazon. And Alexa +, with its integrated capacity to make a grocery list and order it via Amazon Fresh or Whole Foods, slips well in this context. Vanilla Alexa’s propensity to order regular and non -perishable goods from Amazon – sometimes without users informing him – will of course reporter.
My recommendation? Given the economy, it is enough to completely back down that. There are many more entertaining or useful services for your money. Google’s Advanced Gemini Plan is delivered with 2 toch storage to storage and a handful of other advantages. Or you can register for Xbox Game Pass. Or blow your money on a few video broadcasting services and let the #content wash you while we do in the abyss. At least these options are not a portal to give Amazon more of your hard earned money.
This article originally appeared on engadget on https://www.engadget.com/ai/20–month-for-ai-chatbot-in- this-economy-150021310.html? SRC = RSSS
