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by Nasrudith 2761 days ago
That was already done with the supermarket in the first place and nobody minded - old school stores had everything grabbed by the clerk from behind the counter and totaled on your bill of goods. It had longer wait times and you couldn't just pick the best apples for your bushel.

Like everything in capitalism it is just a strategy - if shrinkage or other issues are more of a concern they would keep it behind the counter like jewelry stores or if people reacted negatively enough it would fail.