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Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like. (news.yahoo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Only one item can be delivered at a time. It can’t weigh more than 5 pounds. It can’t be too big. It can’t be something breakable, since the drone drops it from 12 feet. The drones can’t fly when it is too hot or too windy or too rainy.

You need to be home to put out the landing target and to make sure that a porch pirate doesn’t make off with your item or that it doesn’t roll into the street (which happened once to Lord and Silverman). But your car can’t be in the driveway. Letting the drone land in the backyard would avoid some of these problems, but not if there are trees.

Amazon has also warned customers that drone delivery is unavailable during periods of high demand for drone delivery.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When Amazon fires all of the delivery people for to save money, what are all of those delivery people supposed to do to buy things so that they can survive? People seem to think 'just get another job' is a viable answer to thousands of people out of work.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think your hypothetical is very likely especially in anything resembling the short term. These drones can lift a can of soup, not exactly a couch.

However if drones gradually replace drivers the drivers will get new jobs. The reason why this is being suggested to you repeatedly is because it is the solution to the problem. The cure for automation isn't to stick your head in the dirt and demand your degrading jobs back the cure is training.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

UPS delivery drivers fought for and won a $170,000 salary. Ask them how degrading they feel their job is.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am glad they are well paid, does that mean they aren't doing a job that takes about a third grader level of education to perform? No. Does that mean it isn't deadend? No.

Being well paid means exactly that and nothing more. EMT workers doing vital work but are often paid only a bit above minimum wage. Banksters are paid millions and produce nothing except taxpayer funded fraud.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being well paid means your family does better than all the people living paycheck-to-paycheck. I'm not sure why you think that isn't something people really want or that it's a dead end. I would say being paid a small salary and getting deeper and deeper into debt would be the dead end.

I'm also not sure why you are degrading drivers by saying their job can be done by stupid people.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok? Most of us have an ambition beyond eat shit and sleep. We want to work on better more challenging stuff.

m also not sure why you are degrading drivers by saying their job can be done by stupid people.

Can you show me where I said that?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

As I already told you, since you decided to insult me, I'm not especially inclined to answer your questions.