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  • Re: dpreview shutting down

    From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to nospam on Tue Mar 21 16:07:31 2023
    On 2023-03-21 15:52, nospam wrote:
    The site will be locked, with no further updates made after April
    10th 2023. The site will be available in read-only mode for a limited
    period afterwards.

    It was a good site in its salad years. Turned into a advertising
    platform at some point. I probably still have an account - but haven't
    logged in in ... 15 years? Who knows.

    Indeed I haven't got my login creds anymore. Maybe I "de-registered"?

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 21 15:52:55 2023
    <https://www.dpreview.com/news/5901145460/dpreview-com-to-close>
    After nearly 25 years of operation, DPReview will be closing in the
    near future. This difficult decision is part of the annual operating
    plan review that our parent company shared earlier this year.
    ...
    The site will be locked, with no further updates made after April
    10th 2023. The site will be available in read-only mode for a limited
    period afterwards.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to bitbucket@blackhole.com on Tue Mar 21 16:19:53 2023
    In article <78oSL.296938$5S78.240320@fx48.iad>, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

    The site will be locked, with no further updates made after April
    10th 2023. The site will be available in read-only mode for a limited
    period afterwards.

    It was a good site in its salad years. Turned into a advertising
    platform at some point. I probably still have an account - but haven't logged in in ... 15 years? Who knows.

    Indeed I haven't got my login creds anymore. Maybe I "de-registered"?

    i haven't used the forums in a while either.

    what's sad is that there's a *huge* amount of useful information there, including the forums, the articles and many extremely thorough reviews.

    'limited time' sounds like it could be gone by next year, if not sooner.

    hopefully they get enough feedback to realize how important it is to
    keep around, but without it generating revenue, that might not matter.

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  • From Alfred Molon@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 21 23:35:06 2023
    Am 21.03.2023 um 21:07 schrieb Alan Browne:
    On 2023-03-21 15:52, nospam wrote:
       The site will be locked, with no further updates made after April
       10th 2023. The site will be available in read-only mode for a limited >>    period afterwards.

    It was a good site in its salad years.  Turned into a advertising
    platform at some point.  I probably still have an account - but haven't logged in in ... 15 years?  Who knows.

    Indeed I haven't got my login creds anymore.  Maybe I "de-registered"?

    My guess is that Amazon must have calculated that the cost of
    maintaining that site was not worth it.

    The thing is that operating these sites is not free and requires effort.

    It's one thing if such sites are run by a group of enthusiasts, but if
    it's salaried employees the site must be profitable.
    --
    Alfred Molon

    Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
    https://groups.io/g/myolympus
    https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to alfred_molon@yahoo.com on Tue Mar 21 18:39:50 2023
    In article <uiqSL.216484$alff.34243@fx07.ams1>, Alfred Molon <alfred_molon@yahoo.com> wrote:


    My guess is that Amazon must have calculated that the cost of
    maintaining that site was not worth it.

    they've said as much.

    The thing is that operating these sites is not free and requires effort.

    archiving the content and keeping it available is indeed not free, but
    it does not require much effort to maintain, especially for amazon.

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  • From Magani@21:1/5 to nospam on Tue Mar 21 17:45:08 2023
    On Wednesday, 22 March 2023 at 6:20:01 am UTC+10, nospam wrote:
    In article <78oSL.296938$5S78....@fx48.iad>, Alan Browne <bitb...@blackhole.com> wrote:

    The site will be locked, with no further updates made after April
    10th 2023. The site will be available in read-only mode for a limited period afterwards.

    It was a good site in its salad years. Turned into a advertising
    platform at some point. I probably still have an account - but haven't logged in in ... 15 years? Who knows.

    Indeed I haven't got my login creds anymore. Maybe I "de-registered"?
    i haven't used the forums in a while either.

    what's sad is that there's a *huge* amount of useful information there, including the forums, the articles and many extremely thorough reviews.

    'limited time' sounds like it could be gone by next year, if not sooner.

    hopefully they get enough feedback to realize how important it is to
    keep around, but without it generating revenue, that might not matter.


    "what's sad is that there's a *huge* amount of useful information there, including the forums, the articles and many extremely thorough reviews."

    Ditto. RIP dpreview.

    Magani

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Alfred Molon on Wed Mar 22 08:01:34 2023
    On Tuesday, 21 March 2023 at 18:35:14 UTC-4, Alfred Molon wrote:
    Am 21.03.2023 um 21:07 schrieb Alan Browne:
    On 2023-03-21 15:52, nospam wrote:
    The site will be locked, with no further updates made after April
    10th 2023. The site will be available in read-only mode for a limited >> period afterwards.

    It was a good site in its salad years. Turned into a advertising
    platform at some point. I probably still have an account - but haven't logged in in ... 15 years? Who knows.

    Indeed I haven't got my login creds anymore. Maybe I "de-registered"?
    My guess is that Amazon must have calculated that the cost of
    maintaining that site was not worth it.

    The thing is that operating these sites is not free and requires effort.

    It's one thing if such sites are run by a group of enthusiasts, but if
    it's salaried employees the site must be profitable.
    --
    Alfred Molon

    Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
    https://groups.io/g/myolympus
    https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

    Never much liked it after video reviews replaced printed ones, but that apparently was the direction they "had" to take.
    But at least Bezos will have saved a few more millions to put toward his underground clock.

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to nospam on Wed Mar 22 12:49:24 2023
    On Tuesday, 21 March 2023 at 15:53:03 UTC-4, nospam wrote:
    <https://www.dpreview.com/news/5901145460/dpreview-com-to-close>
    After nearly 25 years of operation, DPReview will be closing in the
    near future. This difficult decision is part of the annual operating
    plan review that our parent company shared earlier this year.
    ...
    The site will be locked, with no further updates made after April
    10th 2023. The site will be available in read-only mode for a limited
    period afterwards.

    Moving to Petapixel in some form?

    https://twitter.com/ChrisNiccolls_/status/1638277011495067649

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