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Re: Blink has been acquired by Amazon

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Post by taoistextremist »

DuckConference wrote: post #3

Now to wait for the entry on https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com

Man, that site makes me really happy Snapchat resisted buyouts. Despite the rough patches it's been through (and still going through, I guess) it should be looked at as an example of how new companies can grow and compete without just selling off to a large conglomerate.

Re: Blink has been acquired by Amazon

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Post by reificator »

jondubois wrote: post #10
mikestew wrote: post #5

If you own an electric car and are wondering WTF Amazon is doing getting into the car charging business, well, it isn’t this Blink: http://www.blinkcharging.com , it’s some video camera company.

So Amazon wants to monitor people in and around their own homes for some reason. Creepy. Maybe it's so that they can detect whether or not people are at home - To aid with their drone delivery system?

And at the same time receive keys to their front doors

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Post by gvb »

jondubois wrote: post #10
mikestew wrote: post #5

If you own an electric car and are wondering WTF Amazon is doing getting into the car charging business, well, it isn’t this Blink: http://www.blinkcharging.com , it’s some video camera company.

So Amazon wants to monitor people in and around their own homes for some reason. Creepy. Maybe it's so that they can detect whether or not people are at home - To aid with their drone delivery system?

They are already selling a house lock and camera: https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Amazon-Key-In-Home-Kit/dp...

Re: Blink has been acquired by Amazon

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Post by pgrote »

I've had mixed results using the Blink system I bought. Spotty wifi connectivity and disappointing camera performance really soured me on it.

Did anyone have a really great experience using 4 blink cameras or more?

I transitioned over to wansview cameras and haven't experienced any issues, though I miss the battery availability.

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Post by mikestew »

jondubois wrote: post #10
mikestew wrote: post #5

If you own an electric car and are wondering WTF Amazon is doing getting into the car charging business, well, it isn’t this Blink: http://www.blinkcharging.com , it’s some video camera company.

So Amazon wants to monitor people in and around their own homes for some reason. Creepy. Maybe it's so that they can detect whether or not people are at home - To aid with their drone delivery system?

So Amazon wants to monitor people in and around their own homes for some reason.

Before I read TFA, it was the only business reason that made sense to buy a car charger company. It wouldn’t be perfect information (maybe I took the motorcycle that day), but long term you’d get a pretty good idea of our comings and goings. When the car’s at the house, it’s usually plugged in, the charger knows it’s plugged in, and the charger has an internet connection (hell, the charger has a web server running). Unplugged: I’m leaving. Plugged in: I obvious just got home. I suppose that might have some utility for scheduling deliveries, dunno.

The reason for this tangent is the purchase is either to aid in delivery scheduling, of which I’m skeptical, or it’s just another piece of the puzzle to go along Alexa and the like. Now, I’ll agree that the puzzle might end up being super creepy, but it’ll be interesting to see what they up,doing with it.

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Post by edwhitesell »

mikestew wrote: post #5

If you own an electric car and are wondering WTF Amazon is doing getting into the car charging business, well, it isn’t this Blink: http://www.blinkcharging.com , it’s some video camera company.

On a similar note, I thought it was this [1] blink.

[1] https://blink1.thingm.com/

Re: Blink has been acquired by Amazon

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Post by neekb »

Amazon has their own delivery service, bought wholefoods, and now bought blink. Blink has a doorbell offering plus the camera's that you already know of. It's not a stretch to have groceries delivered all the way to your fridge and put blink cameras all over the house to make sure the delivery guy walks back out when he's done.

Re: Blink has been acquired by Amazon

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Post by rrdharan »

mikestew wrote: post #5

If you own an electric car and are wondering WTF Amazon is doing getting into the car charging business, well, it isn’t this Blink: http://www.blinkcharging.com , it’s some video camera company.

I was thinking it was https://www.blinkfitness.com at first and assuming Amazon had gotten into the gym business for whatever reason because scale/logistics/something something. I was already imagining the breathless bloggery that were coming shortly.
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