DP Review Bought Out by Amazon

[Liz]

That's interesting......how does a photography site like that "merge" (sort of) with a for-profit sales organization? I don't quite understand how that works. IOW, there are pros and cons on personal reviews of camera equipment. So how does that work when one of your products (say Canon cameras sold on Amazon) gets a lot of bad reviews?

Just curious.....as to how this would work.

Liz

[JSPhoto]

There goes the neighborhood Who's next?

JS

[almo]

unbiased reviews

My squeeky clean butt...

[mwfanelli]

My squeeky clean butt...

Well, I don't know anything about your butt... The goal and true perception that Phil has is that he will remain independent and in charge. The reality of the situation is that Amazon would not have purchased the site and then choose to just walk away.

My guess, and only a guess, is that the names of members will be sold, the ads will push what Amazon wants to sell, and bad reviews on cameras selling well for Amazon will be discouraged. I really hope I am very wrong but reality often takes the ugliest path.

But hey, Phil is so wealthy now he can just walk away and spend the rest of his life having fun!