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I assume a full site mirror will be submitted to the @internetarchive? Because it would be insane to pull 25 years of detailed information that cannot easily be

I assume a full site mirror will be submitted to the @internetarchive? Because it would be insane to pull 25 years of detailed information that cannot easily be found elsewhere off the internet just because your dad doesn't want you living at home anymore.

blagie 4y ago
Probably not. This is an incredible knee jerk. It's closing with 2-3 weeks notice. This does not reflect well on Amazon. This could be sold, spun out, archived, given back to the founders, or many other things. 20 days is not enough time to do anything worthwhile, though.
- TheRealPomax 4y ago
  Small note: this doesn't reflect on Amazon. Barely anyone knew Amazon owns them, and once the site's gone, no one who didn't use dpreview will look unfavourably at Amazon for it. This was a great website that most of the world didn't use which is why Amazon can just pull the plug with literally no repercussions =(
  - duffyjp 4y ago
    Unfortunately I agree-- no repercussions at all. I've been visiting the site basically from the beginning and had no idea Amazon bought them. I guess I missed that one blog post from 2007. It's such a shame.
  - blagie 4y ago
    > no one who didn't use dpreview will look unfavourably at Amazon for it True, but many tech nerds (who make decisions about services like AWS) visited dpreview. Right now, I won't use GCP or anything related to Google in business settings because of about a dozen similar decisions which impacted me. There's a finite budget of decisions like this which a company can make before people lose trust, and it impact business.
superkuh 4y ago
Not them. But the archive team have been made aware and are gathering in #dprived on hackint IRC.
- pabs3 4y ago
  https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/DPReview https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/DPReview
petergreen 4y ago
I'm suggesting "we do it ourselves" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35284510 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35284510

blagie 4y ago

Probably not. This is an incredible knee jerk. It's closing with 2-3 weeks notice. This does not reflect well on Amazon. This could be sold, spun out, archived, given back to the founders, or many other things. 20 days is not enough time to do anything worthwhile, though.

TheRealPomax 4y ago
Small note: this doesn't reflect on Amazon. Barely anyone knew Amazon owns them, and once the site's gone, no one who didn't use dpreview will look unfavourably at Amazon for it. This was a great website that most of the world didn't use which is why Amazon can just pull the plug with literally no repercussions =(
- duffyjp 4y ago
  Unfortunately I agree-- no repercussions at all. I've been visiting the site basically from the beginning and had no idea Amazon bought them. I guess I missed that one blog post from 2007. It's such a shame.
- blagie 4y ago
  > no one who didn't use dpreview will look unfavourably at Amazon for it True, but many tech nerds (who make decisions about services like AWS) visited dpreview. Right now, I won't use GCP or anything related to Google in business settings because of about a dozen similar decisions which impacted me. There's a finite budget of decisions like this which a company can make before people lose trust, and it impact business.

superkuh 4y ago

Not them. But the archive team have been made aware and are gathering in #dprived on hackint IRC.

pabs3 4y ago
https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/DPReview https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/DPReview

petergreen 4y ago

I'm suggesting "we do it ourselves" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35284510 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35284510