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Amazon revealed earlier this year that it was discontinuing its Dash buttons, the stick-on buttons that let you quickly reorder household items like trash bags, detergent, and much more. While Amazon said existing devices would continue to work “so long as the public keeps using them,” the company reversed course yesterday and now plans to kill them all off at the end of the month. I own and regularly use six Dash buttons, so I’m disappointed. I’m going to miss these buttons.
I first realized I had become reliant on using Amazon for almost all of my purchases after I moved into a new apartment closer to London a few years ago. Amazon took over my home, and I purchased a bunch of Dash buttons to make it easier for my partner and I to…