More from Phil Askey

[TN Args]

“I truly hope that Andy Jassy can see what a waste tearing this team apart and burning all this content will be, and what a huge loss it would be to the photography community and the Internet as a whole.”

Askey tags Jassy, Amazon’s current CEO, in the statement, clearly indicating that he expects him to read it.

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[SigmaDelta10]

Yes, keep DPReview alive !!!

 

[Neverlost99]

Yeah, it’s not like artificial intelligence in and chat. GPT is going to replace this massive knowledge library.

 

[abiquiuense]

Redefines "Endangered."









abiquiuense

 

[dmartin92]

Sony, Nikon, Canon, and Fuji should get in touch with Amazon and express an interest in reaching into their pockets to provide financial support to help Amazon keep the site alive.

But I am skeptical that this is the « end, end ».

Although I can easily believe that it is the definitive end of the first chapter.

 

[abiquiuense]

Sony, Nikon, Canon, and Fuji should get in touch with Amazon and express an interest in reaching into their pockets to provide financial support to help Amazon keep the site alive.
But I am skeptical that this is the « end, end ».

Although I can easily believe that it is the definitive end of the first chapter.

No . . . this is the End . (link takes you to the tube, song by The Doors.) Hope the boss doesn't show me the door, and then adds insult to injury. It's alright to laugh at your worst misery. Got this humor from Langston Hughes.

 

[Horshack]

“I truly hope that Andy Jassy can see what a waste tearing this team apart and burning all this content will be, and what a huge loss it would be to the photography community and the Internet as a whole.”

Askey tags Jassy, Amazon’s current CEO, in the statement, clearly indicating that he expects him to read it.

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Indeed, who could've predicted that selling an independent gear-review site to a billion-dollar online retailer could end so badly.

 

[Neverlost99]

I’ve been to every alternative site multiple times and they all suck. There’s not much on them and there’s not many people on them and they’re hard to use. I think I’m gonna take a break for one year and maybe come back and see if anybody’s been able to resurrect this wonderful site. This is like the burning of the library in Alexandria.

 

[dmartin92]

Sony, Nikon, Canon, and Fuji should get in touch with Amazon and express an interest in reaching into their pockets to provide financial support to help Amazon keep the site alive.
But I am skeptical that this is the « end, end ».

Although I can easily believe that it is the definitive end of the first chapter.

No . . . this is the

I can easily imagine a scenario, two or three years from now, or much sooner than that, at this URL (dpreview.com) there will be a new site, also about digital photography, and with the same logo.

And for awhile, a few weeks or a few months, it will appear that "the site is coming back".

But as time goes on, all the differences will become apparent. There will be forums, but clicking on the forum button will bring you to a generic format (free forum software) that is not at all like this forum. Of course, you will have to register, and all your posts from "the old site" will not be there.

There may be a few folks (one or two) from "the old site", both on the internal staff side, and in the forums too (more than a few).

But with time, people will see it's the old URL and the old logo, and it's also about digital cameras, but beyond that ... it's an entirely new site.

 

[alphaZ]

I’ve been to every alternative site multiple times and they all suck. There’s not much on them and there’s not many people on them and they’re hard to use. I think I’m gonna take a break for one year and maybe come back and see if anybody’s been able to resurrect this wonderful site. This is like the burning of the library in Alexandria.

Its a disgusting criminal 'capitalist' act driven by greed, whatever happened to philantropic responsibility.

Jassy and Bezos should hang their heads in shame, they should try giving something back instead of all take, take, take, they have no moral compass.

 

[Phil Askey]

1. In 2007 dpreview was at a tipping point where I could no longer run it single handed

2. Amazon wasn't the only offer back then

3. They had an excellent reputation for not just maintaining but improving independent businesses transparently

4. Amazon invested heavily in the site, the team and equipment

5. In the last 16 years dpreview has been in their ownership it has grown and flourished, it's significantly bigger and better than it was in 2007

I have no regrets of my decision back then, if I had tried to continue alone I suspect the site would have had to close a long time ago. I truly hope now that something will happen in order to at least maintain the site content.

 

[dmartin92]

Awhile ago I read something somebody said about an event that occurred that didn't please them, and was not in line with what they had been working for.

This person said: "There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on the earth.”

Things happen, not always good, but one needs to remember the context of our existence. And I would guess you do that already.

 

[Horshack]

1. In 2007 dpreview was at a tipping point where I could no longer run it single handed

2. Amazon wasn't the only offer back then

3. They had an excellent reputation for not just maintaining but improving independent businesses transparently

4. Amazon invested heavily in the site, the team and equipment

5. In the last 16 years dpreview has been in their ownership it has grown and flourished, it's significantly bigger and better than it was in 2007

I have no regrets of my decision back then, if I had tried to continue alone I suspect the site would have had to close a long time ago. I truly hope now that something will happen in order to at least maintain the site content.

Thanks Phil. The site was yours to sell, so nobody can quibble with your decision. But complaining and expecting to have a say about its dissolution, after cashing out, rings a bit hollow. Like the Instagram and WhatsApp founders complaining about what Facebook did to the users of their platforms.

 

[Phil Askey]

If you read my reply above I've had NO complaints about how Amazon has run dpreview for the last 16 years, I've only appealed to them that rather than just shutting it down perhaps find a buyer and/or enable the archiving of content.

 

[Horshack]

If you read my reply above I've had NO complaints about how Amazon has run dpreview for the last 16 years, I've only appealed to them that rather than just shutting it down perhaps find a buyer and/or enable the archiving of content.

I think that was well conveyed on your part, which is why I limited the scope of my post to your comments about the dissolution of the site.

 

[Phil Askey]

If you read my reply above I've had NO complaints about how Amazon has run dpreview for the last 16 years, I've only appealed to them that rather than just shutting it down perhaps find a buyer and/or enable the archiving of content.

I think that was well conveyed on your part, which is why I limited the scope of my post to your comments about the dissolution of the site.

I think it would be remiss of me to not say something publicly, which is why I did.

 

[alphaZ]

1. In 2007 dpreview was at a tipping point where I could no longer run it single handed

2. Amazon wasn't the only offer back then

3. They had an excellent reputation for not just maintaining but improving independent businesses transparently

4. Amazon invested heavily in the site, the team and equipment

5. In the last 16 years dpreview has been in their ownership it has grown and flourished, it's significantly bigger and better than it was in 2007

I have no regrets of my decision back then, if I had tried to continue alone I suspect the site would have had to close a long time ago. I truly hope now that something will happen in order to at least maintain the site content.

 

[alphaZ]

1. In 2007 dpreview was at a tipping point where I could no longer run it single handed

2. Amazon wasn't the only offer back then

3. They had an excellent reputation for not just maintaining but improving independent businesses transparently

4. Amazon invested heavily in the site, the team and equipment

5. In the last 16 years dpreview has been in their ownership it has grown and flourished, it's significantly bigger and better than it was in 2007

I have no regrets of my decision back then, if I had tried to continue alone I suspect the site would have had to close a long time ago. I truly hope now that something will happen in order to at least maintain the site content.

Thanks Phil. The site was yours to sell, so nobody can quibble with your decision. But complaining and expecting to have a say about its dissolution, after cashing out, rings a bit hollow. Like the Instagram and WhatsApp founders complaining about what Facebook did to the users of their platforms.

What's hollow is the decision behind shutting something down that brings Amazon a lot of good favour. We all know these people are nothing more than modern day legal leeches, Jassy earned >200M dollars in 2021 alone and then bemoans DPR for running at a loss, what? come on be serious.

These guys are the scourge of modern day capitalism, no philanthropic spirit, driven by pure greed.

 

[johnapp]

If you read my reply above I've had NO complaints about how Amazon has run dpreview for the last 16 years, I've only appealed to them that rather than just shutting it down perhaps find a buyer and/or enable the archiving of content.

I think that was well conveyed on your part, which is why I limited the scope of my post to your comments about the dissolution of the site.

I think it would be remiss of me to not say something publicly, which is why I did.

They should indeed put a 3mth moratorium and find a buyer.

 

[Mark Ransom]

1. In 2007 dpreview was at a tipping point where I could no longer run it single handed

2. Amazon wasn't the only offer back then

3. They had an excellent reputation for not just maintaining but improving independent businesses transparently

4. Amazon invested heavily in the site, the team and equipment

5. In the last 16 years dpreview has been in their ownership it has grown and flourished, it's significantly bigger and better than it was in 2007

I have no regrets of my decision back then, if I had tried to continue alone I suspect the site would have had to close a long time ago. I truly hope now that something will happen in order to at least maintain the site content.