[HN Gopher] Amazon memo: Here's why we should acquire Ring (2017) ___________________________________________________________________ Amazon memo: Here's why we should acquire Ring (2017) Author : panabee Score : 65 points Date : 2022-07-19 21:16 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (twitter.com) (TXT) w3m dump (twitter.com) | mherdeg wrote: | I'm still amazed by how separate my Ring and Blink products are. | The Blink app has an Amazon logo and a dormant Neighbors tag and | that's .. that's it for integration? | gnicholas wrote: | > _We have been impressed with the Blink team 's technical | expertise and believe they are missionary about solving camera | problems._ | | What does "missionary" mean in this context? | mturmon wrote: | I assume "acting as if driven by a mission to do fundamental | work in solving camera problems" -- as opposed to just looking | for a quick product opportunity. | tleilaxu wrote: | Dedicated. Like a missionary must be to do the things they do. | account-5 wrote: | I need a TL;DR. | krallja wrote: | The first image actually provides a very good TL;DR. Here it | is, OCR'd by my phone: | | > We will need a full suite of camera products as well as more | traditional security products to succeed in the home protection | market segment. Given our current position and desire to get a | complete solution in a short amount of time, we believe that | M&A is the best option to accelerate our progress. No single | company would put us in a leadership position in the all of the | areas where we are behind and need to accelerate. However, Ring | and Blink each provide an opportunity to expand our offering | and increase the likelihood of succeeding in cameras and home | protection. We think that both have merit and are worth | pursuing independently | jsight wrote: | tldr; they have cameras, we want cameras, we should buy them | | 1. Amazon would like to compete in home security, cameras, and | doorbell cameras. | | 2. Amazon could build these themselves, but it'd be time | consuming and costly. | | 3. Amazon would like to act fast. | | 4. Ring and Blink have wireless cameras and doorbells and they | believe this is where the market is headed. | | That's about it, tbh. There's some stuff in there about how | commoditized the hardware is and some fairly obvious details | about the Ring and Blink business themselves, but its all | fairly self-evident. | qbrass wrote: | >We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness | to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance | is futile. | vorpalhex wrote: | This is sort of oddly reassuring that they invested just because | they think home protection is a good market and not because they | value the generated data. | dylan604 wrote: | No, that was just bonus | dgrin91 wrote: | https://nitter.net/i/status/1549489359459454976 | paxys wrote: | Seems...not really worth talking about. This is as normal as | corporate emails get. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-07-19 23:00 UTC)