@kdm31091 wrote:This is kind of a tangent, but it makes me a little sad. It seems like companies are trying really hard to provide so much convenience to people that it seems like eventually, one will never have to even leave their house.
The whole "virtual reality' thing is up and coming and it's said to be an incredible "substitute" for actually taking a trip somewhere. On a more rudimentary level, Amazon Fresh allows you to never have to actually GO to the store. A little social interaction and shopping can be a good thing. I understand the whole "if I browse I'll buy it", thing, but you can just as easily peruse a website and make impulse purchases.
Anyway, not knocking anyone, more just a general "this makes me a little sad" thing as it seems the Internet wants to replace every single thing we do. Of course, I can see the value in it, it just makes me a little sad, similar to the ebooks vs print books thing.
I wouldn't feel too sad over this.
People, (even the internet chained ones) continue to be far more hungry for VARIETY then ever before.
Plus look how fast that they quickly tire of one convenience only to turn to another replacement from a different alternative someplace else.
Actually if Amazon Fresh ever makes it to my neighborhood it will return what my family used to enjoy in years past. That's calling into your local mom n pop grocery to place your order and they delivered it straight to your door (back then sometimes within the hour!).
It's the old-fashioned convenience aspect of it many millenials don't even know ever existed 
Not exactly a new thing by any stretch. LoL