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Re:Amazon Dash Button by wmeredith on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @01:39PM (#9298328)
Actually, it's about a vendor making sure you buy their brand (again) when you need to fill up instead of going to the store and looking at the 50 choices in the detergent aisle one more time.
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Re:Amazon Dash Button by boredguy8 on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @05:11PM (#9299921)
Really? Lots of people regularly switching their detergent?
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Re:Amazon Dash Button by wmeredith on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @05:54PM (#9300158)
Yes, really.

Do this: pretend you own Tide. Do you want people pressing a button that sends you money for more tide, or do you want them going here: https://www.google.com/search?q=laundry+aisle&espv=2&biw=144...

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Re:Amazon Dash Button by hackerews on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @02:19AM (#9301915)
Oh yea. Commodities. Competing to win marginally against a well-known set of consumer value drivers.
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