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I used them in whole foods all the time
by Izikiel43 9mo ago
I used them in whole foods all the time
- Eric_WVGG 9mo agosincere, non-trolling question: Why? You clearly saw some value in the convenience. Smartphone and smartwatch NFC offers that convenience everywhere. Even setting up palm authentication feels like unnecessary work.
- atkailash 9mo agoI used it at Whole Foods cause it did my prime code and charged me at the same time without digging my phone out of my pocket but also my Whole Foods has bad reception so it’s annoying to use
- Eric_WVGG 9mo agoYou don't need reception of any kind to do an NFC payment, as long as the terminal has network access (even through ethernet). the Prime code thing is a good point tho
- stevewodil 9mo agoPrime discounts were automatically applied if you use the credit card on your Amazon account I thought
- closeparen 9mo agoThe scanners were there before this.
- dangus 9mo agoAutomatic loyalty cards are already supported in Apple Pay and I assume Google Pay as well.
- llsf 9mo agoIn theory, but not in practice. The devil is in the details. Yes, Apple wallet and Google wallet allows to store loyalty cards. And those cards can be summoned using respectively VAS and SmartTap. But... while all payment terminals are compatible to VAS and SmartTap, very few have the firmware and a POS that can make sense of it. So, in practice, beside Walgreens and maybe CSV, it is not much adopted.
- smoghat 9mo agoI used Amazon One at my workplace all the time, but I only used it at the self-checkout line since I'd rarely get more than a few items, and the lines are shorter at this crowded neighborhood WF. There, I would scan all my items and use my palm to both log in to Prime and pay. Given that I would be scanning my own items, I much preferred it to phone or watch, as I didn't have to fish them out after scanning. I am surprised nobody has mentioned the real joy of checkout at Whole Foods, which is that there is no annoying, incessant voice asking every self-checkout shopper, "Have you scanned your rewards card yet?" and "Please complete the transaction on the pin pad." It must be sheer torture working all day with those going off constantly.
- vostrocity 9mo agoI like to go running with nothing on me besides a house key, and it's useful to be able to stop by Whole Foods after the run and buy a snack without a phone, watch, or wallet.
- bombcar 9mo agoA powered door lock and keypad and you won't even need the house key!
- fragmede 9mo agoA richer zip code and safer streets and you won't need either!
- hubber 9mo ago[flagged]
- xerox13ster 9mo agoMayberry’s Mayberry ‘til it ain’t no more. Don’t matter how far out in the sticks you are. Yer askin for trouble. Just ask the Clutter family. Oop, you can’t.
- octoberfranklin 9mo agoWear an NFC ring on your finger. Unlike your palmprint, you can get a new ring with a new private key if yours is compromised.
- llsf 9mo agoIt all boils down to the tradeoff between convenience and security. I don't think it is particularly easy to replicate a living hand with all the blood vessels. And it is not particularly easy to get a NFC ring with a secure element compatible with payment terminals. I thought that the engineering team at Amazon did a great job with Amazon One. I wish someone could pick up the tech and carry on.
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- Izikiel43 9mo agoConvenience? Set up once with the CC with rewards for groceries, hover hand 2 seconds, done. Apple Pay in the phone or watch are super convenient as well, but they take just a tad bit more of time between selecting the menus in the touch screen for pay options, and then selecting the matching CC. I save like 30s? Possibly. Is this tech overkill? Most likely.
- efficax 9mo agoAfter they showed up a year or two ago, I never saw a single person use them in the checkout line. Bad vibes, giving my biometrics to Amazon, and I think that's how most people felt