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Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by iNate2000 »

bbx wrote: post #39

It's a intermediate step towards absolute frictionless purchasing. We went from physical in-store cash payments to online 1-click delivery. The purchasing experience has continuously been quickened, to close the gap between the intent and the action. Nowadays, running out of coffee capsules (for example) still requires some interaction, via your phone or your laptop. There's at least a dozen of seconds between the in…

The data generated by even a few dozen people using these buttons will greatly improve prediction algorithms for consumables. This is totally creepy and awesome.

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Post by mseebach »

untog wrote: post #82
tonyhb wrote: post #15

It's not just a physical button — it's an API. If you develop a hardware product you can apparently integrate with Dash to order supplies from the embedded controller. Information is here: https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-replenishment-service Apparently, Whirlpool washing machines and Brita water filters will be using it. This doesn't help for basics like paper towels, but it would work for paper towel holders (if it'…

Great, so now when I buy a Whirlpool washing machine it'll be hardcoded to use products with its reorder button. Gross, gross, gross.

So you'll have to go through the improbably strenuous exercise, mustering all your strength, and .. not configure and/or push the button. Then go to the Amazon website and order a button you can configure to deliver whatever product Amazon stocks for the shockingly ruinous price of zero.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by Scryptonite »

I think that if they are remotely serious (being almost April 1st) I think I'd like to see them offer to bundle NFC stickers with each product purchase, so that I can place them near the product's point of use should I want to replace it at some point in the future.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by bentcorner »

LegendaryTeeth wrote: post #80
afandian wrote: post #26

The video reads like some kind of dystopian consumer hell. Everything comes in a packet from a trusted brand who is taking care of you. Consume! Consume! Consume! See you useless you are when you can't consume! Your whole day is ruined. Good job we've got your back. We'll send you some more of those precious packets.

Except this is literally FOR consumables. Like, detergent and toilet paper and things that get used up quickly. If the physical button was free, I wouldn't mind having a few of these to just press when I need some more of something like that. Remembering to write it on a list and bring it with you to the store and pick it up is a bit of a hassle. This could be pretty handy to have.

I would feel guilty using a button like this. I mean, do I seriously lack the time and/or willpower to go to the store and pick up my own groceries? Thanks Amazon, but I got this.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by [deleted] »

allannienhuis wrote: post #99
untog wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great, so now when I buy a Whirlpool washing machine it'll be hardcoded to use products with its reorder button. Gross, gross, gross.

Where do you see that the Whirlpool washing machine will be hard coded to use products? The system is controlled via the smartphone app. I would think you could re-assign the product/brand associated with the button on the machine.

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Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by toomuchtodo »

epochwolf wrote: post #103
smacktoward wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(Fast forward to 2025) "Wait, you expect me to actually PUSH A BUTTON?"

Hey Siri, order more tide.

Hey Google (through my Nest), am I low on anything? If so, go ahead and order it through (whomever is cheapest|whomever can get it here today).

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Post by brainflake »

I think this is great! Some may complain about all of the branding in their house, but the branding is already there. You have packages of Tide, Bounty, Clorox, etc. You can just place these buttons where you store the products. I'd imagine a column of them stuck to the inside of a cabinet door.

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Post by guan »

untog wrote: post #76
ovi256 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Everything comes in a packet from a trusted brand who is taking are of you. And how is this different from the present ? Everything comes non-packets ? From an untrusted brand ? That dystopian future sounds better somehow.

Even Amazon have their own "Amazon Basics" brand. When it comes to paper towels you really don't need a brand sponsored button.

I’d like an AmazonBasics button.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by ourmandave »

afandian wrote: post #26

The video reads like some kind of dystopian consumer hell. Everything comes in a packet from a trusted brand who is taking care of you. Consume! Consume! Consume! See you useless you are when you can't consume! Your whole day is ruined. Good job we've got your back. We'll send you some more of those precious packets.

The dystopian future is when China does a DDoS on our washers and we've forgotten how to shop, so end up wearing the same laundry week after week. D=

Or you can't reorder until you sit through a 30-second Tide commercial first.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by afandian »

epochwolf wrote: post #98
afandian wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It also makes sure you don't question your consumption habits, shop around for better deals or look at the competition.

I already don't question my habits for paper towels or laundry detergent. I buy the same ones every time because it works and it's not worth optimizing the $20 of paper towels or detergent I'll buy every 6 months.

Maybe you're right about those particular things (but maybe in a dystopian future you would because the interference with competition drove the price up into local maxima).

Seriously though, do I question my habits when buying food, drinks and coffee. This video is saying "you can lock yourself into a cycle of dependence on this one brand of coffee and this one brand of water and this one brand of cheap unhealthy ready-made packaged food".

Either you find that unpalatable in principle or you don't. It's probably a cultural thing.

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