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Dots: Always-on agents

767 points · 647 comments · alvis

  1. cartersj · · focus · HN ↗
    This feels like a mass-market push.

    The cost is going to be hard for many consumers to reconcile though. Free, Go, and Plus are probably the most popular consumer-facing plans, and Dots isn't available on any of those.

    Who knows, maybe they think enterprise will pick up and run with Dots? Seems unlikely.

    1. rolosa · · focus · HN ↗
      It's not reaching mass market if it's gated behind a $100/month plan
      1. cousinbryce · · focus · HN ↗
        People who are bad with money is a big market. Maybe they’re using the Burts Bees strategy
        1. lxgr · · focus · HN ↗
          If they wanted to address that market, the play would be to make them relatively cheap first, then constantly raise the price. (See also: cable TV and ironically cable TV "alternatives")
          1. the_sleaze_ · · focus · HN ↗
            That IS what they're doing.

            The surprise is your idea of "relatively cheap" is fungible.

            The service WILL be astounding though, I can't deny that.

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