Amazon Alexa Reward Program Ending

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Amazon is ending its reward program for developers who made skills for Alexa. The program, which launched in 2016, allowed developers to earn rebates or other rewards for each skill they created. Developers could also earn rewards for promoting their skills to users.

Amazon says the program is ending because it wants to focus on "other ways to support developers." The company is not providing any details on what those other ways might be.

The end of the reward program is a blow to developers who have been relying on it to earn money from their skills. Many developers say they will now have to find other ways to monetize their skills, such as charging for them or selling subscriptions.