Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores
gizmodo.com
Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether.

(via https://hachyderm.io/@jbcrawford/112202942593125987, archive: https://archive.is/VnqRZ)

surprise, Amazon’s godawful surveillance grocery stores were just exploiting hidden labor and calling it innovation, and even that was too expensive

even worse, the few times I’ve seen one of these fucking things in the wild, it still had 1-2 employees hovering near the entrance to make sure nobody did the utterly obvious (fuck with the payment system and get free shit), a job that’s also known as a fucking cashier, but with much worse pay, much harder labor (physically stopping shoplifters), and no counter to lean on or opportunity to even sit down

  • PistcowEnglish
    8•3 months ago

    I never had an issue with the one near me. Saw maybe 5 staff in the building. Is a bit more expensive than a traditional grocery store.

    Honestly, grocery stores have turned to ass due to the fact they’re taking out the automated checker while only having 1-2 live cashier. Fuck ifi want to spend 20-30 minutes waiting in a line.

    • @froztbyteEnglish
      12•3 months ago

      congratulations on most comprehensively missing the point. some people have to work at it, but you look to be a natural!

    • @sc_griffithEnglish
      4•3 months ago

      you’ve waited 20-30 minutes in line at a grocery store?

      • PistcowEnglish
        1•3 months ago

        Yes. Lines going from the front check out to the back milk fridges. Some real bullshit.

        • @sc_griffithEnglish
          5•3 months ago

          I’m astonished, I’ve never seen that anywhere or heard of it happening before

    • @Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•3 months ago

      I weirdly liked the times I’ve visited in Seattle.

      It didn’t seem more expensive to me. It costs as much as a Bartell Drugs or Walgreens. My main issue was the limited product. It was only a handful of things I liked, and I didn’t ever find a reason to go beyond the novelty.

      • @Amoeba_GirlEnglish
        4•3 months ago

        Honestly, beyond the awful labour practices, I just can’t imagine skipping checkout without feeling I’m being scammed.