this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2024
596 points (99.0% liked)

Technology

59589 readers
3148 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
596
Kroger's Plan to Use Facial Recognition Raises Concerns About Surge Pricing (gizmodo.com)
submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
100 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Desistance@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Neither. They want people to use Walmart Pay so that they can avoid all fees and have complete control. Using NFC means using one of the other pay services that they don't control.

[โ€“] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

There's a point of diminishing returns with Walmart Pay. Eventually they will reach a point where the sign-ups will drop to a trickle and I think they are aware of that. So I think they will have this ready when they know Walmart Pay is no longer enough.