Amazon's Alexa for Business reportedly earned less than $300,000 in its first year as customers worry about privacy and struggle with functionality

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Alexa for Business, announced with much fanfare in late 2017, has had a somewhat rocky start, according to one report.

Amazon Alexa remains one of Amazon's most popular, breakthrough technologies. But public perception about Alexa isn't completely positive, with fears that devices could be listening to private conversations or that third-party skills could be used to hack privacy. This may be impacting a program Amazon launched a year ago called Alexa for Business, which aims to sell Alexa-enabled offices devices to companies.

Amazon Alexa remains one of Amazon's most popular, breakthrough technologies. But public perception about Alexa isn't completely positive, with fears that devices could be listening to private conversations or that third-party skills could be used to hack privacy. This may be impacting a program Amazon launched a year ago called Alexa for Business, which aims to sell Alexa-enabled offices devices to companies.

 

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why would they worry about privacy? There is no privacy.

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