baofa13 t1_jb3ics0 wrote
Hopefully they start selling this technology to pharmacies so Duane Reade and others can unlock everything again!
HusdonRiver t1_jb4v23c wrote
People will take anything not bolted down. And then they come back with bolt cutters.
baofa13 t1_jb4ye2b wrote
Not if they can’t get in without being identified and tied to a credit card. That’s the beauty of amazons tech
kiklion t1_jb5zcx6 wrote
I thought NYC had a ‘must accept cash’ law passed not too long ago? How would this circumvent that? Or am I mistaken?
baofa13 t1_jb62w39 wrote
That’s a stupid law that should not be in place
Tatar_Kulchik t1_jb6a3zp wrote
Well, their logic was illegal immigrants and disppropriation amount of poorer people and minorities are non or under banked and therefore rely on cash
[deleted] t1_jb6z01f wrote
Indeed. I am homeless and a good chunk of my income is in cash (yes income, I work). I cannot describe how frustrating it is being mad hungry and being a vegetarian and not being able to buy my damn burrito bowl at chipotle. It also caused problems when Manhattan Mini switched to not accepting cash. It made paying my bill a circus to get money onto a card to pay and was part of the reason I closed my unit last month. So even though it's law, some folks still don't all oblige.
kiklion t1_jb66eof wrote
Yeah, but it is a law. So not sure how they get around it. Could have a machine that converts cash to a card but that still doesn’t identify people.
> https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/consumers/Prohibition-of-Cashless-Establishments.page
phoenixmatrix t1_jbbl8ib wrote
Amazon Go doesn't have much worth stealing. If it was used in a legit pharmacy people would just jump the gates.
baofa13 t1_jbblgf8 wrote
Wow that solves like an unsolvable problem!
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