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I love Google Express, but it seems that they keep getting further from the ideal.

While I wasn't thrilled with the subscription, the advantages of a simple $15 order size made it less of a hassle.

And I still can't get groceries from them.

Try Amazon Prime Now for groceries. Where I live [1] they are partnered with Sprouts (which is similar to Whole Foods). Or Instacart.

Edit1: [1] In Los Angeles Edit2: What do you mean by subscription? They still seem to have an order minimum (that varies by store).

Favourite stores? What is this consumerist shit? My 'favourite stores'? Christ.
Buy. Buy. Buy. Consume. Consume. Consume. You need more crap. More likes. More comments. More clicks.
Wow, I never knew about Google Express. I've been using Amazon Prime Now to get my groceries, so this makes things even easier.
I can see how this could be mutually beneficial for both Google and Walmart. Both of them are trying to compete with Amazon and Alexa, and this gives Google Home shopping capabilities as well as promoting Walmart's online offerings.
I sure wish Australia had something, anything, that came even close to the experience of Google Express or Amazon Prime.

Grocery delivery is typically limited to specific supermarkets or online stores with high delivery costs and horrendously shitty web apps that do everything they can to get in the way of you actually making a purchase.

I just want to be able to click a single button and have something I need show up on my doorstep the next day, instead of having to pay $20 per delivery just to have some underpaid Australia Post courier toss the parcel somewhere into my yard from the street several days after it was due to arrive.

Why is this flagged and dead? This looks like a legit link (Google's official blog), about a legit topic (E-Commerce).
Unfortunately. It's a very important news. I don't understand what's going on here.
Google is slowly working on taking over the world, or at least the internet. It is scary how much power we give them.