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7-Eleven Tests Cashier-Free Shopping In 14 Stores (techspot.com)
7-Eleven is testing cashier-less shopping systems, similar to Amazon's "Go" stores that use an array of cameras and machine-learning technology to determine what customers are buying. According to TechSpot, "customers can simply pick up select items, scan the barcode, pay through their phone, and leave; there is no need to wait in line or even speak to another human being." From the report: As previously stated, this is just a test right now. There's no guarantee that 7-Eleven will actually ditch its cashiers anytime soon; particularly not while it continues to serve age-restricted beverages and drugs. For now, this scan-and-go system is purely serving as an augmentation to its current way of handling customers. Furthermore, there's a catch: customers who want to use the new shopping method will need to have 7-Eleven's rewards app.
You say this like it's a bad thing. Cashless stores that have no regard for their customers' privacy DESERVE to be looted, cleaned out, and maybe even razed to the ground before salting the soil they stood on. Slight exaggeration, but y'all know what I mean...
Anyone who flashmobs a cash-free/privacy-free store and cleans it out is doing the world a service.