Buongiorno, Alberto Cammozzo via nexa <[email protected]> writes:
> Dopo Twitter, Meta e Google, mancava Amazon nel bollettino delle recenti > difficoltà in Silicon Valley > > Sembra un fallimento del business model del Surveillance Capitalism, o è > troppo presto per parlarne? Se "incrociamo i dati" anche con la crisi degli exchange di cryptovalite, FTX in primis, non credo si tratti "solo" del Surveillance (Captive?) Capitalism, io ci vedo dentro anche molta "innovation delusion", finanza creativa, crisi del military-industrial complex USA... qualcosa di più profondo, credo. Una frase che ho sentito da Giorgio Agamben (citazione di non ricordo chi) dice più o meno: «Le cose cominciano ad essere interessanti quando hanno fatto il loro tempo» Credo che un po' di cose che sembravano invincibili, quasi eterne, stiano mostrando segni di aver fatto il loro tempo e proprio per questo si fanno /molto/ interessanti... ma sì, è un po' presto per parlarne. > <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/amazon-alexa-is-a-colossal-failure-on-pace-to-lose-10-billion-this-year/> Al resoconto di Art Technica aggiungo quello di Business Insider che viene citato nell'articolo come fonte primaria: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-alexa-layoffs-insiders-describe-a-crisis-within-the-department-2022-11 «As Amazon's Alexa unit faces layoffs, insiders describe a department in crisis» --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- - During the first quarter of 2022, Amazon's "Worldwide Digital" unit, which includes everything from the Echo smart speakers and Alexa to Prime Video, had an operating loss of over $3 billion, internal data shows. - While Alexa was once one of the company's most rapidly growing projects, these mounting losses and massive job cuts underscore the swift downfall of the voice-assistant and Amazon's larger hardware division. - Employees told Insider a combination of low morale, failed monetization attempts, and lack of engagement across users and developers made them feel as though the team was deadlocked over the last few years. - "Alexa is a colossal failure of imagination," one former employee said. "It was a wasted opportunity." --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-alexa-job-layoffs-rise-and-fall-2022-11 (N.B.: l'articolo /pare/ essere dietro paywall perhcé leggo «This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.» ma siccome il browser che uso io ignora i javascript l'articolo lo leggo per intero) «Amazon is gutting its voice assistant, Alexa. Employees describe a division in crisis and huge losses on 'a wasted opportunity.'» --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Alexa is on life support. When the voice assistant first launched in November 2014, publications called it the "computer of the future." CNET described it as something out of the sci-fi series "Star Trek." Computerworld heralded the product as the "future of every home." Nearly 10 years since, the voice assistant hasn't lived up to Amazon's expectations. [...] The vast majority of Worldwide Digital's losses were tied to Amazon's Alexa and other devices, a person familiar with the division told Insider. The loss was by far the largest among all of Amazon's business units and slightly double the losses from its still nascent physical stores and grocery business. While Amazon's business model has traditionally tolerated this kind of poor financial performance from its hardware businesses, that's no longer true. Amazon's Alexa and the devices team at large is now the prime target of the biggest layoffs in the company's history, according to press reports and an internal email seen by Insider. Insider spoke with over a dozen current and former employees on the company's hardware team to get a better picture of its current condition. They described a division in crisis. While Alexa was once one of the company's most rapidly growing projects, the mounting losses and massive job cuts underscore the swift downfall of the voice assistant and Amazon's larger hardware division. It also punctuates the failure of the company's much-replicated business model of selling devices at cost and to recuperate revenue from additional purchases later. Employees spoke under the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak with the press. Their identities are known to Insider. "Alexa is a colossal failure of imagination," one former employee said. "It was a wasted opportunity." While Amazon didn't respond to Insider's questions about the health of its devices and voice-assistant business, Amazon's senior vice president for devices and services, David Limp, said in a statement, "We are as committed as ever to Echo and Alexa, and will continue to invest heavily in them." [...] --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- [...] Saluti, 380° -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.
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