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Re:Walmart says it will discontinue Jet by Operyl on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @08:50AM (#23234271)
It's already non-employees (there's little to no entry barrier for DoorDash, Postmates, etc). They just don't want to have to deal with delivery logistics, easier and cheaper to outsource it to the existing companies.
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Re:Walmart says it will discontinue Jet by jackson1442 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:46PM (#23236996)
> there's little to no entry barrier for DoorDash, Postmates, etc

There's still the entry barrier of having a background check, verifying insurance, etc., so it'd likely be more effort than it's worth for neighborhood Joe to sign up for it unless he wanted this as a full-fledged side hustle. If people want to do a "community delivery"-style thing, they can just sign-up for DoorDash/Postmates/IC/etc.

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