Comments | nasu_dengaku: Woot acquired by Amazon, announces it with a rapping monkey video

nasu_dengaku

Woot acquired by Amazon, announces it with a rapping monkey video

Jul 01, 2010 00:34

Yes, companies can get silly when they get bought out. However, when the company is already silly all the time, they get even sillier.

Here's an overview by the NYT.

funny, tech

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sarcazm July 1 2010, 14:07:25 UTC

woot! is actually really close to where my boyfriend and i live, and when we were carpooling to work together we drove by it everyday. it's unfortunate they were in the middle of getting bought out and whatnot, since i'm looking for a job and they seem like decent dudes to merchandise for.

dixiemouse July 1 2010, 18:45:29 UTC

*grumbles string of obscenities directed at Amazon*

inferno0069 July 1 2010, 20:34:17 UTC

Why?

dixiemouse July 1 2010, 22:17:41 UTC

They are as big a conglomerate as google and the other orgs that people get "nervous" or rally against (for having "too much power" or being "too big")...

But MAINLY, because I am in the entertainment industry and they are slowly but surely taking over a very large portion of it... and am HUGELY offended at the way they have changed IMDb... that now you can buy your way on there and it pisses me off to no end, as I busted tail to get my credits on there and now there is a kid w/ the same name as I do, but the only reason she is there is because her spot was bought.

inferno0069 July 2 2010, 16:22:52 UTC

While I don't like power being too concentrated either, and Google can definitely give that feeling, I don't feel it from Amazon, and definitely not in the case of buying Woot. Woot will operate independently, whereas Google's acquisitions (only kind-of including Youtube) tend to close their independent operations and merge fully with the rest of Google. My response to this is subjective, though, so I certainly don't have any reason to expect you to agree ( ... )

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