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> Amazon's innovative "Just-Walk-Out" technology has also removed the need for consumers to bring a physical credit or debit card all together.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashierless_store :

> Inadequacies in Amazon's automatic tracking required over a thousand employees in India to label videos to allocate purchases to shoppers.[8] As a result, the company in 2024 announced it would remove its "Just Walk Out" technology from its Amazon Fresh stores.[8]

Remember Australia, your payment apps all require Google or Apple's permission.

When the US invades Greenland, the first clue will be that iOS, Android, Azure, and AWS shut down for Denmark.

But hey, who am I fooling - Mastercard and Visa will be turned off too.

This technology looks a lot like Apple Pay with some extensions for reoccurring payments