[HN Gopher] Walmart Announces Same-Day Drone Delivery in Six States
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       Walmart Announces Same-Day Drone Delivery in Six States
        
       Author : ddtaylor
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2022-05-27 20:40 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | Mountain_Skies wrote:
       | Weight is obviously going to be the big limitation here but the
       | delivery fee of $3.99 is extremely reasonable, both in time and
       | gas saved. Going to guess they're operating this as a loss-leader
       | for the time being.
        
       | enlightens wrote:
       | https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2022/05/24/were-bring...
        
       | genericone wrote:
       | I'm surprised Walmart got their drone service running before
       | Amazon did. Can anyone comment on where we are with amazon's
       | Prime Air?
        
       | 1970-01-01 wrote:
       | How long until we see stories of packages being shot-down and
       | stolen? I wish I was kidding. I welcome the future of drone
       | package shooting as a sport!
        
         | the_d3f4ult wrote:
         | 99.9% of the time the drone is going to be worth way more than
         | the package. Grabbing the cable and pulling the drone out of
         | the sky for parts is more likely.
        
           | 1970-01-01 wrote:
           | But what if you shot down 30 of them already? I suppose you
           | could sell parts on the black market, but that would probably
           | get you caught.
        
             | Mountain_Skies wrote:
             | Eventually Wal-Mart starts sending out armed drones to
             | protect the delivery drones. You'll need a constant supply
             | of your own attack drones to fight against Wal-Mart's
             | security drone. (Just kidding... I hope!)
        
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