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That's great. Despite the fact that I had little to no use for dpreview anymore (I haven't picked up my SLR in 5-10 years), it made me very sad that dpreview was going away. Their reviews were exceedingly through and in-depth and could be trusted. Happy news for all of the dpreview team!
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But that whole piece is just a promotional item for the big green egg brand of barbecues. It’s entirely complimentary and written to promote the brand. It’s not journalism, it doesn’t help anybody other than the people who sell those barbecues
Everything is to some degree promoting something else. Are the myriad articles in the past few days promoting OceanGate Expeditions? Their competitors? Titanic tourism in general? I think that only crosses the line from informational to promotional if Gear Patrol was paid to write/show that article and I see no evidence of that.
Does the concept of critical-evaluation not fit into your worldview?
And unless actual money is involved, all reviews are equally valid?
Sir, you lack nuance of thought.
This may sound harsh, but Gear Patrol looks to me like just another content farm with affiliate links, generating "Top X of Y" articles. Sure it's got a premium feel of the website, but the lack of product specs make its value to me as a consumer 0.
It's unfortunate for DPReview that this happened after they already lost their best talent (Chris and Jordan over at DPReview TV)
I don't know that the DPReview site really benefitted that much from the YouTube channel. And frankly I'm happy for Chris and Jordan that they are now with Petapixel, which seems more relevant these days than DPReview. I do kind of wish they had just set out on their own, though.
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I've come across a few Gear Patrol articles in my mobile chrome feed and I must agree - they aren't very helpful. It seems like they just want to add to their network with a quality domain name. > Will all DPReview staff join Gear Patrol? > Our current core editorial, tech, and business team is moving forward with DPReview. Gear Patrol is committed to continuing DPReview’s industry leading journalism, and we look for…
I think you read that backwards, move forward in this context means they will continue working with dpreview at it's new home. Are there changes coming? change is the only constant, but, it sounds like everyone who had a job yesterday at dpreview (a wholly owned division of amazon) will have one tomorrow at dpreview (a wholly owned division of gear patrol) .
I’ve been reading geek blogs and tech sites for years, and I’ve never heard of Gear Patrol. Based on this, my hunch is that DPReview will go here to die and in the future, Amazon will be able to say “we had nothing to do with its death!”
- DP was actually profitable... Or can be with some cuts and merge with GP
- maybe I hear once or two about GP but my second thought was" Do DP secretly owns GP ?? ;)
Anyway, with Fred Miranda removed lens review forum from public (or altogether ?) there is really shortage on unbiased, complete, with historical perspective and broad gear reviews...
That's great. Despite the fact that I had little to no use for dpreview anymore (I haven't picked up my SLR in 5-10 years), it made me very sad that dpreview was going away. Their reviews were exceedingly through and in-depth and could be trusted. Happy news for all of the dpreview team!
There is quite a deep connection between people like you or me not picking up their (D)SLRs in years and dpreview getting sold. The Moor has done his duty.
I still think there is still a niche market good enough for a website to strive. Photographers and lots of Vloggers still use high end cameras.
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There is quite a deep connection between people like you or me not picking up their (D)SLRs in years and dpreview getting sold. The Moor has done his duty.
They not only cater to DSLR, high end compact cameras were also reviewed but your point still stand. I still think there is still a niche market good enough for a website to strive. Photographers and lots of Vloggers still use high end cameras.