https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/01/alexa-skills-top-80000-after-a-big-alexa-powered-holiday-season/ > Amazon had a record-breaking holiday quarter, with revenue of $72.4 billion and profits of $3 billion, but it’s not making much money off its top-selling item, the Alexa-powered Echo Dot. While the e-commerce giant said the device was its 2018 holidays best seller across all products, it also reminded investors on yesterday’s earnings call that Echo devices aren’t priced “to make money.” > Instead, Amazon sees Echos as another means of connecting with its customer base – its most avid, engaged customers, that is.