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More BS for consumers who are now being treated even more like thieves when they shop

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[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 39 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Customers who go through self-checkout must use the device to scan their receipt's barcode β€” confirming that they paid something β€” which opens a metal gate, letting them leave.

How is that supposed to help at all in stopping theft? "Oh, you paid for something, you definitely aren't leaving with anything you didn't pay for." I can't see a way "organized crime" could possibly work around that. /s

[–] towerful@programming.dev 28 points 8 months ago

Its the DRM of shopping.
Impacts legit customers, does very little for everyone else.
After the media hype of a shoplifting crime spree hitting world wide, i imagine this is some businesses answer to that, and they managed to sell it to supermarkets

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