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Remember what I was saying yesterday about Amazon throwing things against the wall? Can you see how this idea is ill considered? IT doesn't make much sense.

by MCRed 12y ago

Remember what I was saying yesterday about Amazon throwing things against the wall? Can you see how this idea is ill considered? IT doesn't make much sense. I predict in 5 years nobody will remember this and it will be gone from Amazon's site. But for this press cycle it's PR that makes Amazon look "innovative" and like a "tech company". Just like the Amazon fire phone did... for a little while. How much was wasted on that idea?

dntrkv 12y ago
You could say the same thing about Google. They launch so many products and if they don't work out they just disappear. Isn't that what an innovative company does? Try crazy things and see what works.
xigency 12y ago
It's a push button for laundry detergent. How could anything be easier? Doesn't really matter if people buy them or not when it costs 2 cents to make.
corysama 12y ago
That's how innovation works: 99% of the time it doesn't. Think about that the next time you give a group a hard time for being too conservative. Whenever they are not conservative, people blast them for wasting time and money on something that has a 99% chance of failure.
dkrich 12y ago
I'll add one more to the list- whatever happened to that ridiculous device that sits in your living room and listens to your every word, responding when it happens to hear something it recognizes? I think it was called Echo? Basically everything you get with any modern smartphone, only larger, more expensive, and probably technologically inferior!
- GabrielF00 12y ago
  How is it more expensive than a modern smartphone? It's $100
  - dkrich 12y ago
    It's $200 and if it only performs a small fraction of the functionality at what is almost certainly an inferior implementation that's a tough sale to make.
    - GabrielF00 12y ago
      It's only $200 if you don't have prime. Presumably the intended customer is a prime member.
mrweasel 12y ago
Things like this does make me wonder if the dotcom bubble is back.

by MCRed 12y ago

dntrkv 12y ago

You could say the same thing about Google. They launch so many products and if they don't work out they just disappear. Isn't that what an innovative company does? Try crazy things and see what works.

xigency 12y ago

It's a push button for laundry detergent. How could anything be easier? Doesn't really matter if people buy them or not when it costs 2 cents to make.

corysama 12y ago

That's how innovation works: 99% of the time it doesn't. Think about that the next time you give a group a hard time for being too conservative. Whenever they are not conservative, people blast them for wasting time and money on something that has a 99% chance of failure.

dkrich 12y ago

I'll add one more to the list- whatever happened to that ridiculous device that sits in your living room and listens to your every word, responding when it happens to hear something it recognizes? I think it was called Echo? Basically everything you get with any modern smartphone, only larger, more expensive, and probably technologically inferior!

GabrielF00 12y ago
How is it more expensive than a modern smartphone? It's $100
- dkrich 12y ago
  It's $200 and if it only performs a small fraction of the functionality at what is almost certainly an inferior implementation that's a tough sale to make.
  - GabrielF00 12y ago
    It's only $200 if you don't have prime. Presumably the intended customer is a prime member.

mrweasel 12y ago

Things like this does make me wonder if the dotcom bubble is back.