News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by jamesmiller5 on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @11:14PM (#50375093)
The buttons had a "dedupe" setting to allow only a single pending item until said item was delivered fwiw.

I really liked the dash buttons for two reasons:

1. It made ordering something you regularly and only buy online anyway easy for an entire household, like for my use case, hookah coals roughly every month.

2. You could place the button next to where you store said consumable and most folks would prefer using it over asking for a link or reminding someone else to re-order.

I do think it was a mistake to launch with an initial limited set of branded buttons for common household goods most people pickup at the store anyway (like detergent) instead of a generic button for my point 1's usecase but thats just plain-old BigTech thinking.

Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by hattmall on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @11:43PM (#50375290)
I mean I think the point is that most people want to price check before they just buy something, even if it is the same item on repeat.
Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by kg on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:22AM (#50375525)
Yeah, the price of bulk consumables like paper towels or toilet paper or supplements or detergent regularly changes on Amazon, as does availability of a specific SKU. If you just re-buy the same SKU every time you can end up paying considerably more and/or having your supplier change from Amazon to some random third-party of questionable integrity.

I can imagine an AI agent grappling with all that but the first time a Dash button price gouged me that way I'd throw the thing straight into the trash.

Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by Terr_ on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:47AM (#50376343)
[delayed]
Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by jamesmiller5 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:07AM (#50380883)
While that does sound more open & flexible the button originally was tied to a specific account with purchasing power + notifications of the order in general (with price).

There is still the issue of who is paying for said item and building an open platform that allows another individual to use my funds at the press of a button would require a lot of investment (identity, trust, limits, etc) though I do see the value you are proposing showing a "mini market" to select from.

Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by brewtide on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:06AM (#50378166)
Re 2: I always got a chuckle seeing that "slim jims" were one of the buttons and could envision someone getting into their pantry only to notice they are down to their last 2 slim jims, but thankfully they have a dash button right there to avoid this future disaster.

I never got one, but they certainly made sense in my mind for something like laundry detergent, etc. You notice you are getting low, hit the button, forget about it and 3 days later it shows up and you go "oh, right perfect".

Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by kotaKat on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:35AM (#50378355)
There was also the horrifying Trojan Condom Dash button.

Envisioning the gigolo opening up their nightstand drawer, shocked they're down to their last couple rubbers... slapping the button and getting back to some other slapping.