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Amazon is forcibly upgrading Prime members to Alexa Plus, and users are not happy (www.androidauthority.com)

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Alexa users who are Amazon Prime members are reportedly being automatically upgraded to Alexa Plus.
Users who have been upgraded can revert to the old Alexa by saying, “Alexa, exit Alexa Plus.”
One user claims that they were “flooded with ads” after downgrading back to Alexa.

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[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wtf is alexa? Voice bot? Why do people need that

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Its a CIA-style listening device that people pay for and proudly install and display in their home, gathering data on them, sharing it with Amazon and anyone they care to sell or make that data available to - including police.

Ostensibly all to provide short voice answers and actions they could do privately with their phone in seconds.