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A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels (www.npr.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 68 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We're gonna need some new regulations that require all price labels to have a date/time of last change so we know when they changed the prices.

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There is a rule for gas stations that prices can only be changed once a day. Sounds like that would be a good start.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago

    100% this. It would also prevent them from changing prices based on predictive analytics of the individual customer standing in front of the label — they will do this sooner or later, I guarantee it.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago*

    I'd love an NFC tag embedded in them that I could scan and see X weeks/months of history! But that level of transparency would only ever happen with regulation, and in my country (Canada) the grocer oligarchs own the politicians these days...

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