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Amazon’s Prime Air delivery drones can fly even farther after FAA approval (www.theverge.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Wilshire to c/technology
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[–] SpaceNoodle 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

But are they going to be flying? The project has been in a death spiral for years.

[–] bandwidthcrisis 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Given how the "shop and walk out" process worked, they'll probably outsource it to people paid to throw packages on parachutes over your fence while they make a buzzing noise.

[–] SpaceNoodle 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The "just walk out" concept was great, I got a bunch of free groceries!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, my first reaction to this was "Amazon is still doing drone delivery?"