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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks.

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It’s not about putting people out of work, it’s about making the people you’re selling to work for free. Bananas aren’t any cheaper so I see no reason to use self-checkout

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