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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 4 days 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 4 days ago (8 children)

    Why is it good for anyone else?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days 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 4 days 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 3 days ago (3 children)

    unions are just workers forming a monopoly

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