• 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.
  • PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social
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    6 hours ago

    That’s probably not a question that’ll get asked, unfortunately. What will get asked is why those numbers dropped off abruptly the next quarter.

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        5 hours ago

        Large Shareholders some care about how the line goes up, just that it does. Constantly. Every quarter.

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          Then they wouldn’t even be the people getting told this information about subscription numbers, so I’m still not sure how it’s supposed to work

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            2 hours ago

            Subscription info is definitely part of the information provided to investors. The raw numbers may not be in the financial documents, but revenue from subscriptions most definitely is and will give a general idea of changes even if the company doesn’t give the numbers directly.

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              Right, but again, if they’re that birds-eye-view, then the bump in subs in one spot is negated by the drop in the other and the net result they’re looking at is what they care about.

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                2 hours ago

                Shareholders are dumb panicky creatures. As long as the numbers aren’t terrible and you say some nice things most of them take it as gospel.

                Spinning shit as a positive is a full time career in the corporate world after all.