In the minds of mobile shoppers, where is the line between convenience and personal space/privacy? We now have two retailers — Walmart and Amazon, the giants of in-store and online shopping, respectively — separately testing programs to deliver purchases directly into your home or your car trunk when the shopper is nowhere near.
Both efforts rely on mobile devices connecting shoppers to the scene of the delivery, where customers can theoretically watch the delivery in real time. It isn't practical or likely, but that's the idea. Mobile is what justifies these attempts.
Does the trunk of your car really make for a more secure delivery, or is it multiplying insecurities?
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday October 18 2017, @10:29PM (1 child)
Intrusive? Just wait until they consider their direct delivery opportunities in the marital aids market.
(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Thursday October 19 2017, @03:01AM
Stick your little boy through the hole in the wall and wait a few minutes for the Amazon drone to fly by and install protection? Sounds like Amazon could strike gold offering add-on services...
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