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Re:Amazon Delays Opening of Cashierless Store to Work Out Kinks by deanCommie on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:06AM (#13976197)
You know you can already get things for free at current stores.

It's called shoplifting and it's REALLY EASY.

The truth is in Western Society most people don't do this.

And after an initial novelty factor (which I'm sure Amazon will account for), people won't bother any more than they shoplift now.

P.S. Nor will they shoot Amazon Prime AIr drones out of the sky like other HN threads fret.

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Re:Amazon Delays Opening of Cashierless Store to Work Out Kinks by SerLava on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @03:32PM (#13979876)
Shoplifting by outpacing a tracking algorithm has high levels of plausible deniability.

It's not illegal to hurry, and if Amazon fails to notice you picking up a product, that's their problem due to the system they thought up.

That would entice a lot of people.

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