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The issue is that speed is not the only thing necessary. You need speed, and trust. A cashier-less, grab and go store that works as advertised would be hugely
by margalabargala 3y ago
The issue is that speed is not the only thing necessary. You need speed, and trust.
A cashier-less, grab and go store that works as advertised would be hugely convenient and valuable. But where we are now, people don't think it works, so they double check and get nervous.
And that goes doubly for Amazon. Amazon doesn't care about doing things right. They've shown that over and over via their (lack of) protections against counterfeit items.
Ask anyone in the eastern US, would you trust getting your eclipse glasses on Amazon?
Why would you trust them to get your grocery order right?
And that destroys the convenience.
- Dylan16807 3y ago> But where we are now, people don't think it works, so they double check and get nervous. Who does this? This wasn't in the article, do you mean yourself or did you read that somewhere else? I wouldn't get nervous about it. > Ask anyone in the eastern US, would you trust getting your eclipse glasses on Amazon? That's a real issue but it's an entirely different concept. I expect them to handle charging for the eclipse glasses just fine. Similarly, I'm not very worried about their checkout gimmick.
- margalabargala 3y ago> Who does this? This wasn't in the article, do you mean yourself or did you read that somewhere else? I wouldn't get nervous about it. Sorry, I thought this was more common knowledge; I guess not. It was sufficiently widespread that SNL did a skit/ad based on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS9U3Gc832Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS9U3Gc832Y
- Dylan16807 3y agoI don't interpret that skit as worrying about whether it's going to get the count wrong. It's about the entire concept of grabbing and walking out, in a way that exists even if the system has perfect tracking.