ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did

Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by doctorwho42 on Thursday March 12, 2026 @11:54PM (#47360510)

I hate this point, so what? It's not like the lower class in "pick you region of interest" can take advantage of this localized price disparity. The poor person is poor based on their spending power with respect to the local economy and its pricing.

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Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by creato on Friday March 13, 2026 @01:19AM (#47360987)

Using this example: a computer was an unlikely purchase for a lower-middle class person in the US, but it wasn't totally unattainable. Many people in the US probably did it, and some of them probably found some positive return on that investment.

That's not true of many "objectively" poor people in the world, who even if they could buy the computer, they might not have had access to electricity to run it.

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Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by NetMageSCW on Friday March 13, 2026 @01:22PM (#47367168)

I’m not sure what your point is? Today, many (most?) of those “poor” people have smartphones which are more powerful than those computers were.

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