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Re:Amazon launches Part Finder, using technology acquired fr... by DanBC on Saturday September 15, 2018 @02:47AM (#17993310)
> one whether taking a picture and getting a part to buy would be a desirable workflow for customers - and jeesh, it should be obvious that it would be.

It's useful for people buying one or two parts. Why chase that market when most of these parts are sold by the thousand?

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Re:Amazon launches Part Finder, using technology acquired fr... by joe_the_user on Saturday September 15, 2018 @01:05PM (#17995023)
Indeed, that's what a typical part supplier thinks.

But typical individual naturally thinks the opposite. There are probably a billion or so owners of at least one mechanism that require replacement parts at some point. Neither the manufacturer nor the suppliers wish to help them but they have to be a pretty big market altogether so it seems likely someone could profit from this if it was done in an automated fashion.

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