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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAvFmnuZZMI '''Amazon Discontinues Lending Kindle e-Books'''] | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAvFmnuZZMI '''Amazon Discontinues Lending Kindle e-Books'''] | ||
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|In March 2025, Echo customers with the option "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" enabled received an e-mail that local processing will no longer be supported on their device.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-18 |title=TechLinked – Microsoft’s Big Oopsie – Echo voice recordings, Gemini watermarks |url=https://youtu.be/DhXH83O6pXc?t=268 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=YouTube – TechLinked}}</ref> | |||
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==Products==<!-- Considering the sheer amount of products Amazon has, we should consider the table format --> | ==Products==<!-- Considering the sheer amount of products Amazon has, we should consider the table format --> | ||
=== Amazon Kindle (2007 – Present) === | ===Amazon Kindle (2007 – Present)=== | ||
Amazon has progressively removed options for products purchased through the Kindle, effectively changing the meaning of purchases and ownership. It first removed the ability of users to lend e-books to one another, and later removed the ability to download purchased e-books to a computer. | Amazon has progressively removed options for products purchased through the Kindle, effectively changing the meaning of purchases and ownership. It first removed the ability of users to lend e-books to one another, and later removed the ability to download purchased e-books to a computer. | ||
=== Amazon PhotosPlus (2023–2024) === | ===Amazon PhotosPlus (2023–2024)=== | ||
Amazon sold physical devices that could displaying photos stored in its Amazon Photos cloud storage through its PhotosPlus service. Less than one year later, it cancelled the service, which [[Retroactively amended purchase|changed the functionality]] of the devices, including showing advertisements every few hours. | Amazon sold physical devices that could displaying photos stored in its Amazon Photos cloud storage through its PhotosPlus service. Less than one year later, it cancelled the service, which [[Retroactively amended purchase|changed the functionality]] of the devices, including showing advertisements every few hours. | ||
=== Amazon Prime (2005 – Present) === | ===Amazon Prime (2005 – Present)=== | ||
Amazon uses [[dark patterns]] for its subscription services, including tricking users into subscribing and making it very complicated to cancel. | Amazon uses [[dark patterns]] for its subscription services, including tricking users into subscribing and making it very complicated to cancel. | ||
=== Amazon Echo (2014 – Present) === | ===Amazon Echo (2014 – Present)=== | ||
=== Amazon Alexa (2013 – Present) === | ===Amazon Alexa (2013 – Present)=== | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||