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Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by smm2000 »

mikeash wrote: post #299
debaserab2 wrote: post #293

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not the online ordering that I need to save time on, it's having to make a trip NOW because I forgot to order more ahead of time. That extra trip to Target takes a whole heck of a lot longer than 10 seconds, and when I consider how many extra Target runs I make every year it adds up fast.

This only applies if you're incapable of buying the stuff ahead of time without the button. I suppose some people might qualify for that, but is it really a common thing? Don't you have your phone right there already?

I am in top 1% US population by income, graduated from elite university with almost 4.0 GPA and I am often incapable of buying stuff in advance. I am sure I am not the only one.

Last month I had to go to store at least twice in the morning before work because we ran out of milk and my two year old was close to having mental breakdown without cereals for breakfast. We use combination of Google Shopping Express, Walmart and Safeway delivery services - they are godsend and save us enormous amount of time. Unfortunately Amazon Fresh is not available where we live.

Having one second ordering for regular staples will marketdly improve ordering process, especially if buttons are reliable and convinient to use.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by gopher2 »

SonicSoul wrote: post #389
epochwolf wrote: post #103

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Hey Siri, order more tide.

not sure why this is being downvoted, but this seems like the best solution of all. it's still a one button operation but you're not locked in to pre-programmed choices and it can service the whole house (and office if you press it at work).

Amazon also made the Alexa kitchen radio thing.

http://www.amazon.com/oc/echo

They really want to find a way to have me do exactly this. "Hey I need more detergent. Press skinner-box level. Great more detergent is on it's way! Right from your favorites list on Amazon."

And frankly, that would be great and wildly convenient.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by minthd »

elevensies wrote: post #93
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…

If you think about what a butler would do, that's the logical endpoint, it could mostly be done in software I think. Given a budget and a set of goals (keep certain things stocked, fresh, replace when used) it would try to satisfy them. It might warn you if it can't, and you could adjust criteria if you don't like the results. Given the API that appears to be behind the buttons I think we're already at the point wher…

They also released an API:

https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-replenishment-service

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by duaneb »

kristofferR wrote: post #144

This makes me envious of you Americans. Here in Norway online shopping involves finding an online store that sells what you need (there's no site that sells everything, like Amazon, here), going through a cumbersome sign-up/payment process, paying a lot of money for the shipping costs, waiting several days and having to go to the post office unless the package is really small (or if you're willing to pay even more fo…

> we need to physically go to the store and buy the same stuff over and over and over again.

The horror....

The "dystopian consumer hell" is that humans spend their time making this crap instead of, you know, something that's not a complete waste of time and resources.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by TeMPOraL »

mikeash wrote: post #272
scott_s wrote: post #265

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This button isn't about saving time, it's about preventing the instances of not having something when you need it. The moment when you realize you need more of something is typically when you're using it. If you can literally just hit a button to order more, that's a significant change from having to do something else to order more.

Apparently carrying one's phone in one's pocket is less common than I thought.

Phones are annoying, and the UI of most apps is user-hostile. Here are the equivalent steps you have to do to accomplish the same thing as this button does:

    - Wipe your hands from moisture/whatever you had on them.
    - Find your phone in your pocket.
    - Orient it.
    - Unlock it.
    - Exit whatever app you left running in the foreground.
    - Open the app drawer.
    - Find the ordering app.
    - Click through several layers of UI to get to the right product.
And only now you're in the same position as after just pressing a button. This is a significant cognitive load. When I realize I need to order something, I want to order it, not navigate through countless steps. Having to do more than two actions is too much.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by a_c_s »

This seems like a cool idea, but in my experience Amazon's prices for household goods fluctuate dramatically. Sometimes things are a great deal, but a month later they could be more expensive than purchasing at a local store (and I'm in NYC, the stores I'm comparing them to certainly aren't cheap).

So I'd be willing to use a button like this for a store with consistently low prices like Costco (or even WalMart), but not for Amazon.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by HCIdivision17 »

nogridbag wrote: post #381
nthj wrote: post #347

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It's not about saving time, it's about avoiding context switches. Also I'm really bad at remembering that I'm out of something even 5 seconds later, much less when I'm at the store racking my brain for what I'm running low on.

I ordered the Amazon Echo for this - which will ship sometime in the next century. But this now makes it obsolete.

I think this is a funny comment in context of the opposite comment made elsewhere here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9297279

Let's merge these two threads together and see which wins!

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by TeMPOraL »

na85 wrote: post #312
gravity13 wrote: post #280

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| but I can't help but scream "why??" Because it's a tangible reminder that you need to buy new X and it removes all the barriers entirely to that. It's wildly convenient. Might I remind you: - Locate mobile device - Swipe/Unlock mobile device - Locate Safari App/Amazon app - Tap and wait for Safari to load - Access amazon.com - Type in 'X' - Locate results and click on option - Press 'one click purchase' for irony v…

Do you really think that ordering something online from the comfort of your couch, in your underwear, is so inconvenient that you need a magic button to press when you run out of laundry detergent? You buy the big jug of high-efficiency stuff that's good for something like 100 loads, that means you need new detergent what, 5 times a year? Or are you just being hyperbolic? I don't know about you, but I make a trip to…

> Do you really think that ordering something online from the comfort of your couch, in your underwear, is so inconvenient that you need a magic button to press when you run out of laundry detergent?

Maybe that's your daily pattern, but for example in my case, this almost never happens. I just don't sit on my couch thinking about home maintenance; I have too much other, more interesting stuff to do. Phones have really annoying, user-hostile UI, so I don't even use mine much at home. They are good enough for commuting, when I can't really do anything else except maybe read a book, so I schedule tasks I can do from my spartphone for the to/from-work route.

Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by muppetman »

meesterdude wrote: post #480

I think it will surely be useful for many people and in the end that's what really matters here. But will I use it? unlikely. I'd much rather have something on my phone, a bunch of icons for things i order frequently, and single tap there. How long until these light up and start talking to you, begging you to press the button whenever it senses motion near it? But whatever - they're pushing the ball. If this takes of…

Not in New Zealand or Australia it isn't.
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