• @[email protected]
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    296 months ago

    I cannot see how Amazon expects to profit on this. Seems wildly expensive/complex and I’d rather wait than pay more for shipping.

    • TigrisMorte
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      336 months ago

      Their theory is that they can replace Human employees with this and thus save money.

      • @[email protected]
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        16 months ago

        Oh! Still not sure that’ll pan out, but I’m sure smarter people than me are working the Excel sheets.

    • LanternEverywhere
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      156 months ago

      And on top of which, these are definitely noisy nuisances, and as a result people are gonna fuck with them, and it’s inevitable that eventually it’s gonna hurt someone, which’ll cause a huge backlash and expensive lawsuits, etc etc etc.

      The only situation i can see these being even potentially viable is in very rural areas, where delivery routes are expensive, people have lots of open land for it to safely reach the ground, and there aren’t a lot of nearby neighbors to annoy

      • @[email protected]
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        136 months ago

        And in rural areas, it’ll be called “skeet shooting with prizes”. I know exactly what my redneck neighbors are like…

        • andrew
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          56 months ago

          It probably won’t be profitable in rural areas to begin with.

      • @[email protected]
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        96 months ago

        “Leroy! One of them Amazon critters is coming! Bring your shotgun! Last time we gots that airpad thingy, let’s see what this one brings”

    • @[email protected]
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      106 months ago

      I mean, if I could order some random stuff and have it delivered by drone in less than an hour even if it’s 1am then that’s pretty great.

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        6 months ago

        I’m sure all the neighbors will be stoked being awoken by a drone at 1 am 😂

        Personally, I prefer a quiet neighborhood over faster delivery.