Comment on Local Walmart just installed cameras in the aisles…
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 weeks agoIt will be impressive if they can surge price in a store. You could do it right now for delivery apps, but I don’t know how you can do it in the store.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I honestly don’t think that style of dystopia will require cameras at all. My best hunch here is that the self-checkout will migrate to the new “scan while you shop” model. Associating your personal scanning wand with, well, you is all it takes at that point.
Meanwhile what we’re looking at here is Walmart solving the problem of not having a good look at a shoplifter’s face, since there is no better place to stick a camera in their comically proportioned warehouse-sized stores.
architect@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
So SCAN AND BUY NOW FOR 15% off offer expires in 4 minutes bullshit
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
The technology for scan while you shop is already a decade old. The problem is that you’re still going to have to deal with publicly seen pricing signs which will make personalized pricing outside of coupons impossible.