Amazon’s new <a data-smart-underline-link-always="" data-smart-underline-link-color="rgb(0, 0, 0)" data-smart-underline-link-background-position="69" href="https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-button" target="_blank">Dash Button</a>, which will allow shoppers to reorder frequently used domestic products like laundry detergent or paper towels with the click of a real-life button, is not a joke. Many people assumed it was, mostly because the announcement came the day before April Fool’s, but also because the idea seemed to poke fun at Amazon’s omnipresence, making it visibly manifest with little plastic one-click shopping buttons adhered to surfaces all over your home.
