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minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 months agoAgreed. The only change is a machine scanning your card rather than a pair of eyeballs.
minus-squarePyr_Pressurelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·4 months agoDoesn’t the card go into a machine at the checkout anyways? They’re just changing the location of the machine, really, not introducing something new.
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoI wouldn’t be surprised if you had to scan the card twice now because of this though. I doubt they’d have the ability or foresight to scan as they walk through the door and nowhere else.
Agreed. The only change is a machine scanning your card rather than a pair of eyeballs.
Doesn’t the card go into a machine at the checkout anyways? They’re just changing the location of the machine, really, not introducing something new.
I wouldn’t be surprised if you had to scan the card twice now because of this though. I doubt they’d have the ability or foresight to scan as they walk through the door and nowhere else.