Are Drone Ports the Next Annoying Neighbor? Flying delivery bots prompt concern
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I can have my groceries delivered same day via multiple parties. I can have many things from Amazon on my porch the next morning without resorting to aerospace. FedEx can get pretty much anything else to me within 2 days (sometimes involving aerospace).
Where is the demand for this coming from? Does HN feel a burning urge to consume something so essential that it must be delivered now? What the hell is this? A hankering for some snack crackers and a Lego set? Is the demand genuine? I can't help but feel like sometimes this technology is bad on purpose just to antagonize. Like 7000K LEDs being sold to other humans. Evil exists in many formats. Technology companies bring hyperscale to the activity of spreading misery.
Just bc you can do it doesn't mean you should. But some people don't get it.
But I think the idea is that shipping by drone will eventually be cheaper than a delivery truck, not just faster.
Isn't the driving force for drone ports that it's delivered with more automation, fewer humans? i.e. cheaper and still just as fast.
It's a different evil.
giving people their treats faster is good business