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I can't imagine this even registers anywhere on Amazon's financial statements, such lack of care for the commons to decide to just close this down (not that I'd except anything more really of that company).
Dang, I'm actually surprisingly sad about this. DPReview is _the_ site for extremely detailed analysis of cameras. When I want to buy something I go through their report first, and it's always extremely informative. It feels like this kind of layoff is part of an end of an era. Amazon used to NEVER cancel projects that customers were using. They just straight up Did. Not. Do. It. I once had to get approval from my VP…
Why is so much of the good stuff from the internet disappearing without being replaced?
- Thing becomes popular
- Megacorp takes notice and offers eye-popping amount of money to acquire thing (or doesn't have to because the founders are in over their heads anyway with how popular thing has become)
- Megacorp shuts down thing because it is a distraction from their other things which are printing unimaginable amounts of money
- Rinse and repeat
Consolidation of the entire internet into the hands of a few megacorps isn't just a problem because of their outsized influence.
Why is so much of the good stuff from the internet disappearing without being replaced?
Amazon is the worst