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Electronic shelf labels likely to cost jobs and drive up grocery prices, US report warns
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/70651251
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/electronic-shelf-labels-groceryReplying to @GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works
How the fuck would surveillance based pricing work in real life. Prices would have to change every time a different person looked at it. Can you imagine the chaos at the self scan checkouts when the pricing flashes up wrong on every item you bought. Most people would just leave
Replying to @Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world
There's already in-store camera based tracking and ID of customers. Takes very little effort to send that ID to the PoS to use your personal pricing at checkout...