This article is hilarious! 😆

Walgreens installed "hi-tech" doors on their fridge & freezer sections. Solid doors. Can't see in. Then they placed video screens on the front of the fridges & freezers, that showed pictures of what was behind that door. Also played adverts. The display panels also showed prices, that could automagically change prices on demand - "surge pricing" for your groceries. 💩

https://gizmodo.com/walgreens-regrets-replacing-fridge-doors-with-smart-screens-creating-techno-dystopia-vibes-2000551286

#enshittification #Technology #Groceries

Problem was, the display panels & software were junk. Displays would break, flicker, catch fire, you name it. After putting up with it for 3 years, Walgreens is trying to get out of their 10-year contract with the display vendor. Vendor wants to keep the contract, of course, so in retaliation they remotely switched off all the displays in over 100 stores. 😆

I'mma suggest that maybe plain ol' fashioned glass doors were good enough for this? :blobcat: