[nrp]

I'm a happy Amazon Key customer. I live in a reasonably dense part of San Francisco, and the nearest Amazon Locker to me is a mile walk from my home. The Lockers also tend to be at capacity, resulting in packages sometimes getting rejected and returned to Amazon. There's also the difficulty of getting bulky or heavy packages delivered.

My case is atypical though because I installed it on an outer gate, meaning delivery people are not actually entering my home.

[curiouscats]

This is the solution that seems sensible for me. Creating a "locker" (mudroom, just a big box, a garage... with access only to that space for Amazon and others). Granted that isn't going to be worth setting up for many people. But for those that it is it worth the bother it seems like a valuable feature (secure storage at location accessible to delivery personnel).

And that the feature also lets those that want to just to give access to their whole house seem a useful way to grow the adoption (since my guess is many more people will take this more convenient, though less secure option).