A Heavenly Deal on a Bluetooth Speaker

  • Date: 19-Oct-2020
  • Source: The Wall Street Journal
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:GCC
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A Heavenly Deal on a Bluetooth Speaker

Big tech companies really, really want to sell you a connected speaker device. Special promotions have made them so cheap that it is hard to justify buying a compact Bluetooth speaker of similar quality, even if that is all you intend to use it for. Amazon was recently selling its third-generation Echo Dot for just $30, down from $50, on Prime Day. Not to be outdone, you can buy a Google Nest Mini from Target for a dollar less.



The price of the hardware isn't really the point, of course: Amazon and Google hope to get more than that upfront amount out of the bargain. Your personal information and shopping dollars, and your embrace of their ecosystem, could be highly valuable. Now one vendor of a Bluetooth speaker will