Amazon will stop paying developers to create Alexa apps, ending a key element of the company’s effort to build a thriving app store for its voice-activated digital assistant, Bloomberg’s Matt Day reports. In addition, Amazon is winding down a program that offered free credits for Alexa developers to power their programs with Amazon Web Services. Developers can keep monetizing their apps via in-app purchases, Day writes.
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