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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 10 months ago

Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks.

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if self checkout wasn’t shit and required a balance just to prove that i’m not gonna rob or any justification i could totally use

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