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Amazon is phasing out its checkout-less grocery stores with “Just Walk Out” technology, first reported by The Information Tuesday. The company’s senior vice president of grocery stores says they’re moving away from Just Walk Out, which relied on cameras and sensors to track what people were leaving the store with.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (34 children)

What is preventing someone from just walking into a random store with no Amazon account and walking out with stuff?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (31 children)

What is preventing someone from doing that at Walmart?…

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

Not much. Employees don't give a fuck and if they did, they would probably get fired for trying to stop a thief.

Actually, many places where I live are scaling back self-checkout. I suspect it's because the geniuses who tried to save a buck by getting rid of tellers didn't realize they would lose more from theft. (It's amazing how many people don't give two fucks about shareholder profits, actually.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

(It’s amazing how many people don’t give two fucks about shareholder profits, actually.)

Heathens and sinners!

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