What SAR readers bought in 2015: These are the most bought accessories on Amazon!

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1. I remember the times it was a rumor site… I remember the times Andrea was often participating in discussions, I remember the times any tiny SR0-1-2-3 were discussed with same interest and enthusiasm like SR4-5…

   Now Sony and third party announce gear approx. 10 times more frequent but we get approx. 10 times less rumors compared to click-and-buy “news”. Regardless of the question how many leaks Sony do allow nowadays, I think there are better ways to fill content of the rumor site. Surely only if you are not primary interested in filling own wallet.

   Well, “Früher war mehr Lametta!”, right?

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   1. You are not forced to read the entire website 😉
      I like the deals (I almost missed a killer deal on an A6000 last week, thanks admin btw!)
      Do not want to see the deals? There is a link to the rumors only above. Feel free to bookmark that page.

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      1. Nevertheless, it is supposed to be a rumor site. It calls SAR, it has address http://www.sonyalpharumors.com, there is even an educational annotation from the Merriam Webster dictionary to the definition of the word “rumor”. I do miss the times, the package and the insert were coherent, just simple like that.

         What would you say, if you order a vegetarian pizza, get one with salami slices on it and the cook tells you: “oh that’s no problem – this is vegetarian pizza as well, just eat the space between salami…”?

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         1. No it’s the opposite. It’s a pizza with everything, but you only want the vegetables. And you didn’t order anything, it’s free pizza. You’re whining because you don’t like it: don’t eat it!
            So here is your vegetarian pizza : http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/category/rumors/

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            1. Let me explain it in other words.

               http://www.sonyalpharumors.com is genus proximum – you can’t put in it’s differentia specifica just everything if even including the genus proximum itself (rumors). It’s logical error. So simple.

               Secondly, the only fact that you provide public service for free doesn’t mean you don’t have any responsibility at all. “Don’t like what I am doing – don’t look at it” is a very popular excuse nowadays but it is fundamentally wrong and it can become very dangerous – history is full of examples for that.

            2. Again: Why does this website has to conform to “your” ideal? You have the possibility to filter the website, do it. If it still bothers you, you can make your own rumor website.
               As for the free thing, again you have it backwards. Just because a “service” exists (you have the wrong definition here, in our case it is “tool”), you don’t have to use it. Admin doesn’t have any responsibility towards you, except for rumors which he delivers.

         2. And Pizza Hut sells garlic bread and soda! When will the madness stop?!?

            Seriously, you’re whining about a free service. Often websites start off as a niche product and then expand to the demands of the masses or need to in order make money (from other sources) and stay viable in the long run. What percentage of daily updates at DPReview are actually reviews? Maybe 10 or less nowadays? The thing is, if I really only wanted to see the reviews, all I’d have to do is bookmark the review section and call it a day. As Nolivfr astutely points out, you can easily to do the same here with the rumors section and quit speaking for some of the rest of us who enjoy and appreciate the expanded scope of the website in its current stage of evolution.

            Otherwise you risk sounding like a ridiculously indignant and entitled consumer of a service you don’t pay a lick for.

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   2. Agreed. What happened to SAR? Now it’s all become just referral links to Amazon, pretending to be articles.

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      1. I answered above. Thanks 🙂

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   3. I agree. It’s kind of annoying. But hey, we don’t have to visit. The site name has a “rumor” name in it but the goal is money. Clicks, it’s all about clicks. You could see the Fuji admin. He creates rumours`about rumours!

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      1. Patrick creates rumors because there is a camera at CES. We likely only have a new Sony action cam and I leaked it. Or you want me to leak something that doens’t exist? 🙂

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   4. The guy just had a baby, give him a break.

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   5. Since 7 years this site reports about all kind of SAR news. And actually it’s the first time I post the accessory post you see here. I thought it was interesting to hear what Sony owners do buy.
      That said rumors if it’s only rumors you want you can just check that page:
      http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/category/rumors/

      If the primary goal would be fill the wallet I would invent some rumors as some other sites do. Because that is what drives traffic. I do post rumors when I get them, not when I make them up 🙂

      Moreover I told you many times I am busy til February next year because of private more important issues. Please respect that. I will be have much more time starting from end of February.

      Also on a direct note: Today I posted 5 news. Interesting you picked up that single post to critize me. Why not enjoy the other 4 content related posts?

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      1. Hey Andrea, glad to hear from you again!

         Please, don’t be offended, I do know how much work is it to maintain a website and I didn’t catch your promices to come back in Februar, sorry. But I know as well how is it easy to deviate from the straight way, especially if you deliver same service since many years. I’ve just got the feeling, you’re less interested on communicating with your readers directly and this site is getting more and more commercialized. Understandable that I’ve choosed this post to express my feelings. That’s what I feel, I can’t help it. And obviosly I am even in minority since a lot of people do appreciate all that shopping stuff on this site: buy here buy there, get nice bonus here free extras there and don’t forget those nice discounts…

         If you say, everything is under control, I trust you. But you agree, sometimes people do need a wake-up call.

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         1. No problem VicTor. I am frustrated as you I have little time to imporve SAR. But it’s going to change in 2016 I promise. But I really had to prioritize some major family issue.

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2. Obviously Amazon US only, which means nothing to the rest of the world.

   The list would be very different if it was Amazon EU or UK, or ……..

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3. hahah. That should show Sony that their battery strategy needs a review.

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4. LOL

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