The previous posts are presumably referring to the Amazon Dash Button: https://www.amazon.com/Dash-Buttons/b?ie=UTF8&node=106678980...

I use a Dash button in my bathroom to automatically order toilet paper.

It's great because I never remember to do that before its "too late", and its still MY CHOICE to press the button. Nobody wants individual toilet paper packages stuck with their own tracking devices, at least not now.

It's weird that articles like to push that idea, rather than more simple examples people might use.

People used to leave their empty milk bottles for the milkman to pick up. Could do the same with detergent bottlecaps.

Now THERE's an idea! Save a trivial part of the packaging of whatever you need to reorder, put in in a bowl by the garage door. When you go out, grab a handful. No list, no remembering, and super easy to do!