this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2024
280 points (99.0% liked)

Technology

59605 readers
3397 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
280
Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch (www.theverge.com)
submitted 4 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] locuester@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The article says that Amazon has a recycling program and has provided free assistance and home pickup for these as part of the sunsetting.

[โ€“] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I have an hard time believing they will handle it properly, given that they prefer to trash many returned items rather than putting them back into stock when it suits them.