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by: Whisky-dave - Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:47 UTC

On Wednesday, 29 March 2023 at 05:18:32 UTC+1, RichA wrote:
> So why didn't the millionaires who ran Dpreview (they got rich after being bought) simply take it back to its roots, a conversation site with reviews, etc?

Because they won't make any money from it.

>Sure, there is a cost, but there would still be advertising, just not perhaps enough to satisfy Amazon. Also, the nitwits slack-jawed accepting that it had to die, make me laugh.

>There are hundreds of forum sites that don't require major incomes to survive.

So use those.

> Meanwhile, heh heh, Amazon has 1M employees and Dpreview had 11..."cost cutting." Boo hoo, the double-digit growth ended with covid. Morons.

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by: Whisky-dave - Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:48 UTC

On Thursday, 30 March 2023 at 01:28:30 UTC+1, RichA wrote:
> On Wednesday, 29 March 2023 at 06:47:49 UTC-4, Whisky-dave wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 29 March 2023 at 05:18:32 UTC+1, RichA wrote:
> > > So why didn't the millionaires who ran Dpreview (they got rich after being bought) simply take it back to its roots, a conversation site with reviews, etc?
> > Because they won't make any money from it.
> > >Sure, there is a cost, but there would still be advertising, just not perhaps enough to satisfy Amazon. Also, the nitwits slack-jawed accepting that it had to die, make me laugh.
> >
> > >There are hundreds of forum sites that don't require major incomes to survive.
> > So use those.
> > > Meanwhile, heh heh, Amazon has 1M employees and Dpreview had 11..."cost cutting." Boo hoo, the double-digit growth ended with covid. Morons.
> Amazon is looking for ways to offset the enormous costs of dealing with myriad returns by idiots with infinite buyer's remorse.
How is that connected to Dpreview unless it;s linked to the advertising.
It's not like amazon advertise anything themselves is it.

Subject	Author
Speculation about why Dpreview was closed.	Whisky-dave
Speculation about why Dpreview was closed.	Whisky-dave