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I am reading this with a grain of salt given that Ycombinator backed this "world changing" idea. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10032671 https://news.ycom

• hugh4 11y ago
  My generous assumption is that the ridiculous home-delivery business model is designed to get people talking ahead of a fully intended pivot to selling the condoms in stores. Or something. Otherwise it's a ridiculously terrible idea. The number of people needing condoms, yet wanting to wait an hour instead of popping down to the convenience store, is not something you can build a business around.
• zamalek 11y ago
  One way to look at it as world-changing is a reduction in STD spread and a reduction in unwanted conception. Condoms are world-changers and this brings them closer to people who could make bad decisions because a condom is out-of-reach. It's like Uber: taxi in an app. Think about all the lives saved because of the convenience of Uber when drinking. I was taxying about before Uber and it wasn't a pleasant experience: you always had to have cash on hand and 2AM calls were expensive. Now it's super convenient, no cash, no problems, no excuses and it saves lives - it just wasn't obvious at the outset that this is where it would lead to. There is definitely some shit that won't make a difference, though. Condoms on demand is not one of those things that won't make a difference; whether that startup fails or succeeds comes down to delivery (specifically: how fast).