I though that the point of the article was that Amazon's hardware strategy isn't working, completely ignoring the echo. The title then invites us to draw our own conclusions about the echo, and enjoy the irony...

After reading it, I actually went looking for a date hoping it was written before the Echo announcement and was a wonderful coincidence.

On a side note, having to hover over the title to expose the date is a silly UX.

I titled it that on purpose, to allude to the new product. I hate clickbait.

I changed the title anyway.

Amazon Has No Taste is a pretty good title if you ask me, it's an excellent summary of the problem.

Amazon's Echo Chamber doesn't strike me as that bad, it also seems to describe the problem decently. Amazon is big enough and has enough eyeballs that they can make mediocre products appear to succeed for quite a while. Because of that insulation the products don't improve nearly as fast as they probably should.