
Amazon has acquired eero
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/11/18220960/amazon-eero-acquisition-announced
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Congratulations to eero. Not terribly shocking to me that they got acquired but still kind of a bummer. Acquisitions usually don’t result in being a good thing for the customers of the pre-acquisition product. I’m also not a big fan of Amazon’s privacy functionality. At least I know my current eeros don’t have Alexa built in :)
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Yeah, pretty bummed about this. Do not want or need Alexa in my Eero system in any way, shape, or form. Just want it to continue to "just work" as it has since I bought it. Was going to replace my parents router with an Eero setup, now that's on hold. Wish Eero could have thrived while staying independent.
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This is actually great news! Amazon is a company that acquires and innovates, not shutters. With Amazon at the helm, they have the resources and the tech to take the anemic eero Plus solution and actually make it something worth using. Certainly by gen3 I would have to believe we will see new branding in place and more integration with Alexa and ZigBee for smart home integration and control.
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I find it amazing that people have decided to vacate the platform without knowing what is going to manifest from this buyout. I'm reserving my opinion and delaying my decision until I see what will come about. I've been disappointed that a request was made 2 years ago followed by hundreds of seconds that due to internet providers enforcing data caps, we need to know what our total monthly traffic is and ideally know the monthly data usage at the device level. But there's been nothing from eero in this regard. Additionally, eero plus offers no real benefits. The eero hardware is great and the software has been very stable for me. But there needs to be more software functionality and more configurability. Amazon ownership may expedite this. Then again, they may prioritize stuff I don't need, want, or care about. Right now, nobody knows.
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So only $97M for eero from Amazon. https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-paid-97-million-to-acquire-eero-in-fire-sale-leaked-documents-2019-4
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Another not so positive story regarding the sale and situation: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/5/18297619/amazon-eero-price-fire-sale-mesh-wi-fi-buyout
I guess I should have sold mine when they kept prices grossly out of line with the competition. Hopefully, Amazon has a viable strategy and won't kill it off.