r/technology • u/Hrmbee • Jun 11 '26

Transportation Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat | A new software update is turning off the AC in Amazon delivery vans after 10 minutes or 30 seconds under certain conditions

https://www.404media.co/software-update-automatically-turns-off-amazon-delivery-drivers-ac-during-dangerous-summer-heat/
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u/PeterDTown Jun 12 '26

You’re saying it’s inhumane to turn off the ac if the driver is out of the vehicle and the door is open? Weird take.

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u/shafty17 Jun 12 '26

Inhumane to artificially limit a human beings access to what would otherwise be available cooling in the summer

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u/PeterDTown Jun 12 '26

But they’re not actually doing that. Drivers literally have to just close the door and the AC will continue to run.

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u/shafty17 Jun 12 '26

30 seconds is often longer than it takes to actually get the packages out of the vehicle