Comment on Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like.

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Even in the rare occurrence that it were to fall out of the sky there’s very little chance it would hit anyone.

  …unless it’s in a city.

  And even in the exceptionally rare occurrence that it were to hit someone, they’re incredibly light and unlikely to cause serious damage, much less kill anyone.

  …unless it’s a large drone carrying a heavy package.

  If we’re going to replace delivery drivers with drones, they have to be able to carry more than a single five-pound item.

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    …unless it’s in a city.

    Even harder in a city since it would have to nosedive between buildings.

    …unless it’s a large drone carrying a heavy package.

    One of many reasons they have weight limits.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You know there are places in cities with tons of pedestrians, right? And sometimes things from high up fall on them and kill them, right?

      Also, if they have weight limits, we won’t be replacing drivers with them. There will still be drivers. So I’m not sure how this saves lives.

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