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by ajkjk 2296 days ago
Well, that's one of the points. Another point is to not pay for cashiers or have checkout lines.
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You won't have to pay for cashiers but you will have to still pay for people stocking, security when people inevitably try and beat this system, customer service for when old people without cellphones get confused, etc. Maybe you shave off one minimum wage worker off your payroll, for the cost of however much amazon licenses this tech to you.
Not to mention all the data to be mined.
Already mined by all stores.