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It seems the ATM has not evolved very much over the past 20 years. Any ideas why?
by Simulacra 9y ago
It seems the ATM has not evolved very much over the past 20 years. Any ideas why?
- netsharc 9y agoWhy should it? Its function is to spit out money and it functions well enough for that. Obviously they do add features, like topping up phone credit or bill paying. But I would guess nowadays the bankers would rather pay smartphone app developers rather than the ATM developers...
- chrischen 9y agoBy that definition you can say it's doing it's job even better now!
- tomalpha 9y agoIf $X million is stolen every year by thieves, but it would cost[0] $2X to upgrade ATMs to prevent it then there might be a rational justification for the status quo. Or at least, one that the person(s) making the decision might use to rationalize it to themselves. [0]depending whether you do (or even consciously don’t) include indirect costs such as law enforcement and knock-on effects such as funding other areas of crime with the proceeds