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A good idea and it illustrates the growing trend of proxy-services. That is, traditional services are so inflexible or inconvenient that the best way to deal w
by dingaling 13y ago
A good idea and it illustrates the growing trend of proxy-services. That is, traditional services are so inflexible or inconvenient that the best way to deal with them is to decouple them from the individual and insert a proxy that buffers the service.
I've noticed this with banking too, people decoupling the payment mechanisms ( card accounts, direct debits etc ) from their main accounts.
Edit: I wonder what non-IT people make of such patterns.
- djhworld 13y agoWhat if the traditional service starts performing the same service, rendering the proxy a meaningless middleman? I applaud these guys for recognising a gap in the market, but it seems quite risky to me.
- Nicholas_C 13y agoIndeed. It would take relatively very little investment for UPS and gang to start doing night deliveries. I think the barriers to entry are pretty low for the big boys.
- autoreverse 13y agoThere is a comment above explaining that union and contractor agreements would hamper the major incumbents. I'm wondering if UPS etc. would be interested in partnering with or investing in Luna instead.