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		bretthowell on Dec 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music... Very interesting. I can’t help feel the irony given Alexa itself was a brand Bezos acquired* in 1999 to get in on being a Search Engine just when Google was on the rise... I can hear it now “We finally have a use for that brand we spent all that money on..” [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet

mijoharas on Dec 3, 2020 [–]

Oh wow, I didn't know that, they're the guys that do alexa traffic rankings. Didn't really know it was owned by amazon. Thanks for the info!

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