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msmash @ Slashdot · today 10:00 EDT

Amazon's Giant Ads Have Ruined the Echo Show

An anonymous reader shares a report: Last week, Amazon launched a major update of its line of Alexa-enabled Echo smart speakers and displays. The redesign -- led by former Microsoft design chief Ralf Groene, whom Amazon Devices & Services head Panos Panay coaxed out of retirement -- included two new Echo Show smart displays. According to Panay, these new models are the first step on a road to building "products that customers love."

But there's one big barrier to customers loving their Echo Shows: ads. In

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