On: Amazon’s delivery drones are grounded in College Station, Texas

[lurk2]

The prospect of having drones flying over my backyard for any reason is undesirable even if they are completely silent.

[AlexandrB → lurk2]

For me it depends on altitude. If they're at the height of the average Cessna, then I'm cool with it. I don't want drones buzzing 100ft above my head though.

[lurk2 → AlexandrB]

The numbers I saw were about 400 feet. The bigger issue is that they aren't manned and are presumably flying at a greater frequency than conventional planes. My concern would be that they fail and fly into the side of my house at full speed. I also don't trust Amazon not to be using these drones for surveillance.

[shreddit → AlexandrB]

Can either one of you elaborate why? Supposed they were absolutely silent, why would it bother you if they fly 100 feet over your backyard?

[Arainach → shreddit]

None of these things will ever be 100% safe, so a steady stream of one per minute as described in the article poses an actual safety risk.

I'm also not a fan of corporations having what amounts to realtime surveillance video of me any time I'm outside of my house.

[s1artibartfast → shreddit]

I don't like seeing them in general as an aesthetic matter. I would be disappointed if I was under a drone highway.

Same reason why I oppose mass billboards in the sky.

[taeric → lurk2]

This is one of those things where knowledge makes it bad. As a personal example, having coyotes in my literal backyard on a daily basis is not something I would want. That it happens pretty much every day without me realizing it, though, shows it really shouldn't be a concern of mine. Other than making sure I have protection for any backyard chickens...