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Re:Mercedes Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch deliv... by jon-wood on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @11:29AM (#12444188)
They're spinning down the side of their business that requires using the postal service because it's less popular, and less efficient than the side that doesn't.
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Re:Mercedes Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch deliv... by BlickSilly on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @01:05PM (#12445105)
...because they were shipping a digital product via the mail, and a new delivery format arrived. they went from shipping their digital goods physically to shipping their digital goods digitally.

It is a good prediction that we will someday be receiving our newly ordered toothbrush digitally, and have it physically printed in your home, but for now we still need physical goods to move from factory-warehouse-home

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