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Have you used it? From what I can tell, they are servicing areas remote enough that they may not even have Uber Eats. Even if they do, the time it takes for a c

Have you used it? From what I can tell, they are servicing areas remote enough that they may not even have Uber Eats. Even if they do, the time it takes for a car to navigate roads and reach you will be many times that of a drone that can fly over a hill and cover hundreds of metres of challenging terrain in about a minute. I am sceptical about whether this has applications within a busy city (buildings become a problem and safety becomes a concern) but I think they're going to be perfect for areas a bit outside cities where deliveries don't exist or the quality of delivery service isn't so good.

cavisne 7y ago
At least in Canberra the area they are serving is not really remote. It’s actually quite hilarious that their “remote” area is the outer suburbs of Australia’s capital city (which is to be fair quite small)
lallysingh 7y ago
Christiansburg, VA is the "slightly bigger town" next to Virginia Tech.
zifnab06 7y ago
I also wonder how this will work in large cities. Packages to my condo are delivered to a non Amazon locker in our parking garage, my building doesn't have a spot where drones could even make deliveries safely. Residents lack roof access. Packages left outdoors get stolen in a few minutes, which happens more often than not with Amazon's gig economy delivery drivers. They seem incapable of delivering packages to our locker, let alone a pile by the mailboxes. They're left outside the front door way too often.
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
  Amazon's drivers probably could deliver to your locker if Amazon didn't relentlessly surveil and pressure them to do things as fast as possible.
  - zifnab06 7y ago
    To clarify: I don't fault the individuals. The flex driver program itself is broken. "Gig economy" seems to be a way to avoid minimum wage and employment laws.
zwily 7y ago
The range is 6 miles. How remote could something 3 miles from a launch point be?

cavisne 7y ago

At least in Canberra the area they are serving is not really remote. It’s actually quite hilarious that their “remote” area is the outer suburbs of Australia’s capital city (which is to be fair quite small)

lallysingh 7y ago

Christiansburg, VA is the "slightly bigger town" next to Virginia Tech.

zifnab06 7y ago

I also wonder how this will work in large cities. Packages to my condo are delivered to a non Amazon locker in our parking garage, my building doesn't have a spot where drones could even make deliveries safely. Residents lack roof access. Packages left outdoors get stolen in a few minutes, which happens more often than not with Amazon's gig economy delivery drivers. They seem incapable of delivering packages to our locker, let alone a pile by the mailboxes. They're left outside the front door way too often.

TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
Amazon's drivers probably could deliver to your locker if Amazon didn't relentlessly surveil and pressure them to do things as fast as possible.
- zifnab06 7y ago
  To clarify: I don't fault the individuals. The flex driver program itself is broken. "Gig economy" seems to be a way to avoid minimum wage and employment laws.

zwily 7y ago

The range is 6 miles. How remote could something 3 miles from a launch point be?