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Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 0 points 1 week ago (9 children)

reduction in labour requirements is good, scanning errors should have updated legislation so that the company is responsible for reasonable mistakes, capitalism incentivizes improvements in efficiency and rewards it with increased profits.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (8 children)

    Why is it good for anyone else?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (7 children)

    because, in theory, it will lead to a reduction in prices. In practice this requires a highly competitive market that would exist significantly more if the antitrust laws were enforced.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Until unions are strong and anti compeition has a spine, labour efficiency should not be championed.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    unions are just workers forming a monopoly

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