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Some customers might not like other customers knowing where they live? Obviously you can obscure some details but if you remove names would it require the customer to scan the package to confirm its theirs? I guess you could make it opt in for community delivery, otherwise you wait for a doordash delivery?

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i mean "other customers" == 1099 contractor. The doordash guy is a shopper/customer also I'm sure. Doordash/uber/lyft/gig anything is just a random person with a smartphone and hopefully a background check.

If anyone is delivering something to your home, they know where you live.

How is that any different than a doordash driver knowing where the customer lives? I really fail to see any meaningful distinction here.

Well for starters, one is an "employee" (contractor) who signed up to do that work specifically and has been verified that they can do it. The second example is just a customer walking around a store.

That is a good point. I guess walmart customers could go through an approval/training process if they want to earn some extra cash as wal-dash contractors too.

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