It's not clear that it would be a net-negative on the revenue.

It could encourage more development and adoption and lead to being a net-positive for the revenue.

It's a fair point but iff you neglect that the overwhelming revenue drivers for these services are large corps who are already locked-in. Devx doesn't matter at all once you're there.

The myopathy among us "online people" is assuming number of voices here and elsewhere correlate to revenue.

It does not.

	▲	shrikant 22 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Just fyi, myopathy is a general term for diseases that affect some types of muscles, while myopia is short-sightedness -- assuming the latter is what you were going for!
	▲	boomlinde 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		If it's irrelevant whether or not individual developers are on board, why are Amazon offering a free plan?