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As long as there's still an option for human people to pay using their own money it's fine. But if these stores only allow for corporate people to purchase item
by superkuh 7y ago
As long as there's still an option for human people to pay using their own money it's fine. But if these stores only allow for corporate people to purchase items (on behalf of their customer humans (credit cards)) then it is a very unethical system and probably should be made illegal.
- bmgxyz 7y agoI agree, at least generally. However, something I've learned is that privacy always has a cost. I wouldn't count on retailers to pay it when most of their customers won't notice or care, and I wouldn't count on governments to deliberately avoid reducing friction in their economies either.
- shadowgovt 7y agoEither made illegal or made to comply with government intervention to issue all citizens an identification that can be used universally for this purpose.
- Qub3d 7y agoIt may soon be illegal in NYC: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/24/new-york-city-ban-cashless-businesses-discrimination https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/24/new-york-cit... I expect to see similar legislature to roll out elsewhere; these are interesting times.
- exhilaration 7y agoOh they will, but it'll be the minimum number of checkout lanes and you'll have to wait 15 minutes in line. That's my experience at my local Walmart. There are maybe 2-4 lanes with human cashiers (2 when it's slow, 4 when it's busier, but I've never been there at peak) and 10-15 stations for self-checkout.
- superkuh 7y agoOr worse, https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-pay-cash-amazon-go-san-francisco-2019-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-pay-cash-amazon-go-sa... https://gizmodo.com/i-used-cash-at-amazons-cashless-store-and-im-so-sorry-1835415534 https://gizmodo.com/i-used-cash-at-amazons-cashless-store-an...