I'm Shocked that Amazon Decided to Screw Users With Ads

From The Verge by way of the Wayback Machine: Amazon’s giant ads have ruined the Echo Show

With full-screen ads on its smart displays, Alexa is becoming less like an assistant and more like a sales rep.

You could read the original, but I think Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony sums it up nicely. Daily News Stuff 11 October 2025: May You Live And Let Die In Interesting Times

Amazon's Echo Show has abruptly turned into a billboard they expect you to pay for. (The Verge) (archive site)

At Amazon’s hardware event last month, I asked Panay how ads fit into his mission to build products customers love. He said that if it's relevant, it’s not an ad, "it's an add-on."

Translation: Fuck you.

"There are moments on the product where ads aren’t always bad," he told me, explaining that if the customer is looking for something specific, and the ad gets them to that faster, it can be a good thing.

Translation: You're too stupid to know what's good for you anyway.

There is more, and the rest of the tech news.

If I owned an Echo Show, which I would never do, ads would cause me to toss it in the trash, since I'm guessing you can't put Linux or Android on it.

And for the record, I'm not shocked that Amazon has chosen to out themselves as giant pieces of shit. I do order stuff from them, but they are usually my last choice. Why? Because they treat their employees like garbage, and I don't believe in supporting that. They also spy on you as much as they can, and they support censorship.