Why did We Hear 5 Years Ago That Online Orders Would Be Delivered By Drone, And This Is Nowhere Near Happening Yet?
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Drones have more problems than initially thought of. They’re good in some environments, for light packages, but otherwise it’s a nightmare.
They have low range, they get atacked by birds of prey, one bad gust of wind can send them flying into your walls or windows when they eventually land. They’re expensive to maintain, have short operative life, and can get expensive to replace. They make an annoying noise for everyone around. They also can’t lift heavy packages, nor anything with a shape that’ll catch in the wind.
Then, you have to think about scaling up. If one drone creates noise polution, what happens when there’s as many drones as there are birds out there? In urban environment, you start getting enough of them that collisions are a constant fact of life. A collision means damaging the product being delivered and the drone at best, or getting both stolen at worst. Actually, them crashing into cars can be the whole “at worst”, while we’re there. In suburban sprawl, they break the peace and quiet everyone paid a premium to enjoy on the regular.
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