[helsinkiandrew]

> Why did Bezos buy it then?

When Amazon bought it 16 years ago it had a lot more visitors and Cameras and Lenses were some of their biggest sellers. As discussed [1] previously Lenses and Camera sales have dropped by 66% and 50% respectively since then and (however sad) the smaller community isn't probably producing enough sales leads to Amazon sites anymore (you have to go a long way down the best Camera & Photo Products best sellers list [2] to find any cameras that are on DPReview). If I were Amazon I can see why they would do this, it's a shame they couldn't sell the site to a third party though - I'm sure it could still survive financially.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35248296

[2] https://www.amazon.com/best-sellers-camera-photo/zgbs/photo/...

[ulfw]

What would they buy today? A website about manufacturers of knock off cables? Is there such a thing? It makes you wonder...