Amazon Dash

[JasonD]

An amazing movement in the play around a bility of these things. I wish I could order them here. I'd get loads.

I think it's an almost perfect 2FA device

[rcjordan]

[update]

amazon dash goes virtual

http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/amazon-digital-dash-buttons/

[rcjordan]

[update]

Amazon Adds More Dash Buttons Because So Many People Are Using Them

https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/amazon-dash-buttons-popularity/

[ukgimp]

I hate this idea. Seems like such a waste of natural resources.

Mind you a drop in the ocean compares to their packaging.

[rcjordan]

^{<4 years later>}

Amazon's press-to-order Dash buttons are officially discontinued - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/28/18245315/amazon-dash-buttons-discontinued

Existing Dash buttons will continue to function "so long as the public keeps using them," CNET says. The company seems to believe that the smart home and its Alexa voice assistant have obviated the need for Dash buttons.

[Chunkford]

I never understood why a mobile app version was never utilised.
Mobile devices are practically attached to every human on planet earth so will be easily accessible, and surely would have cost less to develop, and had more reach than a physical button that needed a lot of forethought and hassle in obtaining.

[Travoli]

I never understood why a mobile app version was never utilised.
Mobile devices are practically attached to every human on planet earth so will be easily accessible, and surely would have cost less to develop, and had more reach than a physical button that needed a lot of forethought and hassle in obtaining.

All true, but you have to take your phone out of your pocket. Then wait for the app to open. Then scroll to the item you need to re-order. All that effort feels so 2016.

[rcjordan]

> Alexa voice assistant have obviated the need for Dash buttons

And physically pushing a button is soooo 2017.

[ergophobe]

I hate this idea. Seems like such a waste of natural resources.

A basic principle of minimalism - buy as few things as possible that do one thing. This was the ultimate, wasteful, "do one thing" item. It's popularity was entirely due to people's false sense of time (something I fall victim too a lot and which I'm watching more carefully lately).