Reply to post: Re: Sorry - Useless for most people

Someone has to say it: Voice assistants are not doing it for big tech

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Re: Sorry - Useless for most people

> By 2030 more than 2 billion people will require assistive technology

My point, small market, we're supposed to be over 8 billion. Also I'm pretty sure a huge part of those 2 billion will be unable to use Alexa anyway, because they can't afford it or/and it doesn't work where they live (in the boonies, without electricity or connectivity).

Something which is unlikely to change, because there is no commercial incentive to offer Alexa to poor disabled 3rd world farmers who don't have any money to spend. Besides I don't really see what they would do with it: "Alexa, take the donkey and go to the nearest village sell my crop"?

Sorry, but switching on and off lights and selecting playlists are first world problems a majority of people can't really afford to have.

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