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		bsenftner on April 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. blocks Amazon efforts to stop shareholder vot... So much noise for a dog of a product. Amazon's FR is nowhere in the hierarchy of respected facial recognition providers, and their expense it one of the highest. They are a non-player in the industry, and really only exist in the industry in the general consumers eyes only. If a potential client mentions Amazon's FR, we know we're dealing with a complete outsider. (FR lead developer here of a real product in this space.)

ojilles on April 5, 2019 [–]

I read your last line as:

"FR lead developer here of a real product in this space, likely to be acquired over the next few years, possibly by Amazon."

There's no telling what small thing today will look like in a few years down the road.

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