Dpreview is closing

[ciderglider]

Heavy bummer, Amazon is pulling the plug on dpreview.com. A real shame, as I have gleaned a whole lot of useful information there.

 

[tuga]

I didn't even know Amazon had anything to do with DPReview.
Not sorry for the guy who started it, he must be swimming in millions.

 

[Tony Lockhart]

You’d hope that something could be done, maybe some of the team could continue with a YouTube channel.

 

[Rockmeister]

HUGE archive of info there looks like being binned. Ridiculous.

 

[Tony Lockhart]

A small piece of good news

https://petapixel.com/2023/03/21/ch...e-join-petapixel-to-lead-its-youtube-channel/

but yes, it’s the archive that needs saving, and making available. It would still draw advertising even with no new material.

 

[JTC]

Surely not a big task to give a new home to? Unless the IP is owned by Amazon who might block such a thing?

 

[Tony Lockhart]

Surely not a big task to give a new home to? Unless the IP is owned by Amazon who might block such a thing?

Nobody will want to take on Amazon in court, so they’ll have to agree to any use of the archives.

 

[Cesare]

It's worth mentioning the wayback machine in case this is news to you.

https://web.archive.org/

Type in dpreview.com, and you'll find they have snapshots of the website going all the way back, with reviews being visible (not just the current version of the review, but the review as it appeared on a specified date, so you can see revisions for example).

 

[Cesare]

It's been specifically mentioned here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/photograph...review_is_being_archived_by_the_archive_team/

 

[Bananahead]

DPReview.com looks forward to a new chapter with Gear Patrol: Digital Photography Review

 

[Tony Lockhart]

Phew!