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by mocha_nate 806 days ago
“dozens”

lol, is this a burn?

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Answered in 3rd paragraph of TFA:

> The news has left dozens of Alexa Skills developers wondering if they have a future with Alexa, especially as Amazon preps a generative AI and subscription-based version of Alexa. "Dozens" may sound like a dig at Alexa's ecosystem, but it's an estimation based on a podcast from Skills developers Mark Tucker and Allen Firstenberg, who, in a recent podcast, agreed that "dozens" of third-party devs were contemplating if it's still worthwhile to develop Alexa skills

I think the author may also have been making an Arrested Development reference. In which case, bravo Scharon!