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Didn't they just buy another remote video camera company? Or was that Google? It's so hard to keep track of all the new toys that big tech companies keep buyin
by leggomylibro 9y ago
Didn't they just buy another remote video camera company?
Or was that Google? It's so hard to keep track of all the new toys that big tech companies keep buying. Either way, talk about a full-court press on getting devices into your home.
- arishi 9y agoThey acquired Ring's competitor Blink In Dec 2017. https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/22/amazon-acquires-connected-camera-and-doorbell-startup-blink/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/22/amazon-acquires-connected-... Yes, it is indeed very confusing :-)
- Digital-Citizen 9y agoPerhaps it was about purchasing the copyrights and patents Ring controls, or purchasing the company most likely to cause problems for Amazon when Amazon rolls out more of their ridiculous home invasion plan marketed as an inside-the-home delivery service. This is the service apparently everyone has been perfectly fine to do without since Amazon began doing business.