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Sigh... Why aren't they just going with a lockbox on the porch? be done with it already.
According to Forbes, more than half of Americans have Amazon delivery. Figure in bulk, you can put a secure lock box on someone's porch (and what about apartments) for less than $50, which I doubt... with 126 million households in the US, that would be north of a $3 billion investment. Until they lose more than that in 2 years there is no way they'll do it.
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@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Sigh... Why aren't they just going with a lockbox on the porch? be done with it already.
According to Forbes, more than half of Americans have Amazon delivery. Figure in bulk, you can put a secure lock box on someone's porch (and what about apartments) for less than $50, which I doubt... with 126 million households in the US, that would be north of a $3 billion investment. Until they lose more than that in 2 years there is no way they'll do it.
Keep your fancy real math out of this!
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I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
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@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
I wouldn't, but yes, some would.
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@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
How would you secure the lockbox from being carried off?
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
How would you secure the lockbox from being carried off?
Lag bolts.
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@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
How would you secure the lockbox from being carried off?
Lag bolts.
Into concrete maybe. But if it is attached to a normal house, they'll just cut off whatever it is attached to.
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@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
How would you secure the lockbox from being carried off?
Lag bolts.
30,000 volts only disabled with the right code.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
How would you secure the lockbox from being carried off?
We're forgetting about Amazon Lockers. The giant kiosks that are located at gas stations and such. People go to a locker, scan their phone or receipt, and a door automatically opens. The customer tells Amazon which locker they want to go to based on an arbitrary name that Amazon has setup. Once the item is delivered to the locker, the customer gets a notification to pick it up.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
How would you secure the lockbox from being carried off?
Lag bolts.
Into concrete maybe. But if it is attached to a normal house, they'll just cut off whatever it is attached to.
Most package theft is opportunity based though. That's premeditation and a lot of time to cut wood or lag bolts....
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what happens when the package is too large for said lockbox, or there is too many items? I purchase a lot of stuff all at once from amazon and it's not uncommon for me to get a small pallet worth of boxes.
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@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
How would you secure the lockbox from being carried off?
Lag bolts.
Into concrete maybe. But if it is attached to a normal house, they'll just cut off whatever it is attached to.
Most package theft is opportunity based though. That's premeditation and a lot of time to cut wood or lag bolts....
The perpetrator would need to know the value of the contents before making such a risky move.
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@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
How would you secure the lockbox from being carried off?
Lag bolts.
30,000 volts only disabled with the right code.
That would be a funny joke, go around making people's new electronics from Amazon get fried all of the time.
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@NerdyDad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
How would you secure the lockbox from being carried off?
We're forgetting about Amazon Lockers. The giant kiosks that are located at gas stations and such. People go to a locker, scan their phone or receipt, and a door automatically opens. The customer tells Amazon which locker they want to go to based on an arbitrary name that Amazon has setup. Once the item is delivered to the locker, the customer gets a notification to pick it up.
Yup, we have those here down at West End Station.
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@NerdyDad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
How would you secure the lockbox from being carried off?
Lag bolts.
Into concrete maybe. But if it is attached to a normal house, they'll just cut off whatever it is attached to.
Most package theft is opportunity based though. That's premeditation and a lot of time to cut wood or lag bolts....
The perpetrator would need to know the value of the contents before making such a risky move.
Not really, they could make a fortune selling lock boxes.
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Chromium on Fedora finally gets VAAPI support!
Chromium web browser available in Fedora gets a Video Acceleration API support.
Chromium with a VAAPI patch was already available on other distributions. But this was not the case with Fedora. I really want hardware acceleration. But my love for Fedora was holding me back. Then with sheer willpower, I joined Fedora and started maintaining a package in COPR.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Chromium on Fedora finally gets VAAPI support!
Chromium web browser available in Fedora gets a Video Acceleration API support.
Chromium with a VAAPI patch was already available on other distributions. But this was not the case with Fedora. I really want hardware acceleration. But my love for Femlnewsdora was holding me back. Then with sheer willpower, I joined Fedora and started maintaining a package in COPR.
Darn you mlnews trying to change the subject!
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I suppose they could come up with something like "Amazon Secure" which is a premium over Prime that includes the lock box. But would people pay for it??
How would you secure the lockbox from being carried off?
Lag bolts.
30,000 volts only disabled with the right code.
That would be a funny joke, go around making people's new electronics from Amazon get fried all of the time.
Nah just properly ground it and have an insulator inside the lockbox.
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@pchiodo said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Sigh... Why aren't they just going with a lockbox on the porch? be done with it already.
According to Forbes, more than half of Americans have Amazon delivery. Figure in bulk, you can put a secure lock box on someone's porch (and what about apartments) for less than $50, which I doubt... with 126 million households in the US, that would be north of a $3 billion investment. Until they lose more than that in 2 years there is no way they'll do it.
OK I haven't read the rest of the replies yet - but who said it would be paid for by Amazon? I would fully pay Amazon for such a box. hell, I'd be willing to pay $200 to have it delivered and lagged into my porch so it can't be so easily stolen.
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Also, the current in home delivery system isn't free - you the customer has to buy a special lock and camera. So there is no expectation that Amazon would pay anything for your home.
