After Amazon bought wifi networking startup Eero a few days ago, Benedict Evans wrote that "Amazon wants to plumb your home for Prime—to own the last ten yards of physical distribution." Ben Thompson, similarly, described the acquisition as more evidence of Amazon's mission to "own the home." Keep in mind, these guys are relatively optimistic about what Amazon is doing, and even they can't describe it without Orwellian undertones. We're well past the point at which everything will be connected to both the internet and the neoliberal aether unless there's a really good reason
#78: Barbarism Begins at Home
#78: Barbarism Begins at Home
#78: Barbarism Begins at Home
After Amazon bought wifi networking startup Eero a few days ago, Benedict Evans wrote that "Amazon wants to plumb your home for Prime—to own the last ten yards of physical distribution." Ben Thompson, similarly, described the acquisition as more evidence of Amazon's mission to "own the home." Keep in mind, these guys are relatively optimistic about what Amazon is doing, and even they can't describe it without Orwellian undertones. We're well past the point at which everything will be connected to both the internet and the neoliberal aether unless there's a really good reason